Dance of the Plate belongs to which ethnic group in China

The Plate Dance is a folk dance of the Uyghur people

The Plate Dance is one of the ancient folk dances of the Uyghur people, which arose in the ancient Kucha, and was popular in Urumqi, Ili, Kashgar and other towns.

On this basis the folk artists gradually had another new development, and with acrobatic colors, its skills are more difficult. During this period, there are individual male folk artists also perform plate dance. Dance in addition to the hands to hit the plate, some in the head of the bowl poured tea, some are held in the mouth with a spoon handle to hit the head of the bowl. Others hold a Uyghur-style teapot on their heads, with two or three bowls on top of the pot.

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The Plate Dance is characterized by steady, soft, delicate, and strong gestures, and the Plate Dance adopts the basic steps of the Sai Naim, such as the "Three Steps and One Lift", "Front and Rear Pointing Steps", "Padding Steps", "Padding Steps" and "Padding Steps". "Three steps and one lift", "pad step", "switch step" and so on. The hand posture has two arms stretched out flat, one hand on the head, one hand in front of the chest, or one hand on the side of the body one hand in front of the chest and so on.

Modern dance stage performance of the plate dance, some women's heads are no longer on top of things, to strengthen the pace of action and posture changes. Women's solo dance, is still on the head of several bowls, both dance and skills have been new developments.

The music of the Plate Dance is generally lyrical folk songs with a stretching rhythm and melodious tunes, and the music and accompanying instruments are basically the same as those of the Sainam.

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