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What are the folk songs and dances of the Mongolian people

China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as well as Jilin, Heilongjiang and other provinces of Mongolia inhabited areas of folk dance. The dance culture of the Mongolian people is closely related to their hunting and nomadic life. The primitive dance form of the ancestors of the Mongolian people has a vivid and real performance in the Yinshan cliff paintings and Ulanqab cliff paintings chiseled in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. In ancient times, the Mongols also had many dances imitating ferocious animals, such as the "White Sea Green" (White Eagle) Dance, Bear Dance, Lion Dance, Deer Dance, etc. These dances, as independent forms, were mostly performed by the Mongols. Most of these dances were lost as independent forms, but they are still reflected in the shaman dance.

The Mongolian people are engaged in livestock hunting production. Due to the long-term living in the geographical environment and climatic conditions of the steppe, they have worshipped the heaven and earth, mountains and rivers and the eagle totem since ancient times, and the herdsmen have created a large number of music and dances in their lives, such as the "Milking Dance", "Chopsticks Dance", "Cup and Bowl Dance", and the "Bowls Dance", which is the most important dance in Mongolia. Chopsticks Dance", "Cup and Bowl Dance", of which the most famous is "Andai Dance". [