The Cultural Background of Miao Dance

Miao nationality is a nation that can sing and dance well. Everyone can sing and dance. For thousands of years, songs and dances have accompanied the history of the Miao nationality and vividly reflected the life of the Miao nationality. Miao people's songs and dances, rich game, simple and rough style can best express their sincere and simple thoughts and feelings, and also make people feel the truth, goodness and beauty of folk art.

As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, Miao people's songs and dances were very famous and caused a sensation in Beijing. "Biography of Song Shinan Manqu Nanman" contains: "One person plays a gourd ladle, like the sound of gnats, and dozens of people dance hand in hand, taking the foot as the festival." In fact, Miao dance originated very early. From its primitive and simple style, we can see that many dances are related to funeral sacrifices, love and marriage, production and life, but they were not recorded in ancient times, only found in history books since the Ming Dynasty.

Miao culture is full of charm. A wide variety of dances fully demonstrated the history, dance and music of Miao people, and promoted the culture of this land. The culture and spirit of Miao people are proud. Although they came all the way from the Yellow River and the East China Sea, they still maintained an optimistic, open-minded and fearless spirit. As shown in the dance poems, the high mountains and high waters can't stop them from watching the sea, and they can't restrain their lofty aspirations of embracing the sun. Poetic stage creativity and inspiration come entirely from the real life of Miao people. The development of dance has been greatly restricted, and the diversity of modern dance performance elements also reflects the inheritance and development of Miao dance.