Dance of Henan Folk Characteristics

Generally refers to the dance forms which are produced and circulated in the folk, subject to the folk culture, improvised but relatively stable in style, and with self-entertainment as the main function. The folk dances of different regions, countries, and ethnic groups are influenced by the living environment, customs, lifestyles, national character, cultural traditions, religious beliefs, and other factors.

As well as by the performer's age and gender and other physiological conditions, there are very obvious differences in performance skills and style. Folk dance is characterized by simplicity, variety, rich content and vivid images, and has always been an indispensable source of material for the creation of classical dance, court dance and professional dance in various countries.

The Dictionary defines folk dance in this way: "A traditional dance form that is widely circulated among the people and has distinctive national style and local characteristics." Modern folk dance researchers synthesize the emergence, development, and characteristics of folk dance to summarize the concept of folk dance as follows: "the process of the development of the material and spiritual civilization of a nation or region.

The dance form created collectively by the working masses and passed on among the masses, and still in circulation, has distinctive regional and national characteristics, and expresses the cultural background under the economic conditions of a certain period of history, but also injects new ingredients with the development of social life."

Today in folklore, people dance folk dances not for the purpose of showing others, but for the people themselves. This is the basic attribute of folk dance and the basic purpose of realizing self-entertainment.

People are using folk dance to achieve the enrichment of their lives and their desire for life, and its position and role in people's lives are obvious. Therefore folk dance can always maintain its unique sense of national life and continue to spread in modern times.

Language is the symbol of the formation of a nation, and therefore, it can also express the spirit of a nation and its characteristics to the fullest extent. Folk dance, as a special language form of art, centrally embodies the aesthetics and will of the nation, and has a powerful cohesive force of national unity.