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What folk dances are there?

Abstract: National dance refers to the dance of 56 nationalities, including Han nationality. Every nation has its own ancient dance, court dance, folk dance and other forms of dance. Influenced by living environment, customs, lifestyle, national character, cultural traditions, religious beliefs and other factors, dances of different nationalities have very distinctive characteristics. What folk dances are there?

1, Chinese dance

Dragon Dance, Yangko Dance, Old Age Music Dance, Confucius Music Dance, Long Drum Dance, Swing Dance and Flower Drum Dance.

2. Miao dance

Wood drum dance, ancient gourd ladle dance, Miao Lusheng dance, stepping drum dance, New Year drum dance and flower drum dance.

3. Dong Dance

Wu Ye, Dong Lusheng Dance, Bamboo Tube Dance, and Fish-giving Dance.

4. Korean dance

Agricultural music dance, mask dance, sword dance, long drum dance, flat drum dance, fan dance and beat dance.

5. Dai dance

Elephant Foot Drum Dance, peacock dance Dance, Dai Calendar Dance, Yilahe Dance, Jia Nan Yan Dance, Wax Belt Dance, Butterfly Dance and Wreath Dance.

6. Mongolian dance

Diane Dance, Taiping Encouragement Dance, Top Bowl Dance, Chopsticks Dance, Cup Dance, Lion Dance, Lantern Dance, Zodiac Dance, Shaman Dance and Sacrifice Dance.

7. Tujia dance

Funeral dance, sweet bell dance, swing dance, social Baba dance.

8. yi dance

Flower Dance, Left Foot Dance, Axi Moon Dance, Opposite Foot Dance, Sheepskin Dance, Silk String Dance, Cigarette Box Dance, Music Dance and Bronze Dance.

9. Uygur dance

Board dance, Senem dance, Dolan dance, Sama dance, Yana dance in Xia Di, Qom dance in nazir, and hand encouragement.

10, Tibetan dance

String dance, ceramic dance, Nanma, Qiangmu, Guoerhuai, Tuhao, pastoral dance, Reba dance and tap dance.

(The above statistics are partial, but not all. )

The difference between folk dance and national dance

Folk dance refers to all kinds of folk dances that are still circulating, mainly for the people to entertain themselves. Although it is an integral part of national dance, it is also a large dance system, including folk dances of all ethnic groups. Therefore, when using this term, it should refer to ethnic groups, such as Han folk dance and Mongolian folk dance.

1, different concepts.

(1) National dance is a kind of body movement language originated from people's life. Represented by the abstraction of daily activities, it can also be called folk dance, folk dance or international folk dance. Every nation has its own ancient dance, court dance, folk dance and other forms of dance.

(2) Folk dance is an integral part of national dance, but it is also a big dance system, which originated from human working life. It is a mass dance activity created and performed by the people to show the cultural traditions, living customs and people's mental outlook of a nation or region.

2, the classification is different

(1) Ethnic dances include Mongolian dance, zhuang dance dance, Xinjiang dance (including Kazak dance, Turpan goose dance, Hami chicken dance, Maixirev dance and Tajik eagle dance), Dai dance, Korean dance, Miao dance (including Lusheng dance, wooden drum dance, bronze drum dance, banmiao dance and Xiangxi drum dance) and Tibetan dance.

(2) Folk dances include folk dances of all ethnic groups, such as Han folk dances, Han folk dances (including Shaanxi dances, lion dances, pop dances, China dances, Hebei dances and square dances) and Mongolian folk dances. From the perspective of dance function, folk dance can also be divided into five categories, namely, festival custom dance, life custom dance (such as social mate selection, self-entertainment, fitness competition, performing arts and so on). ), belief custom dance (such as Buddhism, Taoism, primitive religion, folk dance) and etiquette custom dance (such as adult ceremony, birth ceremony, birthday ceremony, wedding ceremony, sacrifice ceremony).