Long drum dance is the traditional dance of which nation in China?

Yao's Long Drum Dance is a folk dance in which the Yao people live in China. The Yao language is also called "Aiwangdu", also known as "beating the horizontal drum" and "jumping the flower drum". It is popular in Jianghua Yao Autonomous County of Hunan Province, Liannan Yao Autonomous County of Guangdong Province and fuchuan yao autonomous county of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

There are various performance routines of Yao nationality's Long Drum Dance, or they specialize in building houses or incorporate interesting animal and plant forms into the dance. Yao's Long Drum Dance is mostly performed on traditional festivals of Yao nationality and on days to celebrate harvest, housewarming or wedding.

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The long drum is called "gong" in Yao language, and the drums are butted with two drums. The waist is thin and can be held, and both ends are wrapped in sheepskin. There are various performance routines of Yao nationality's Long Drum Dance, or they specialize in building houses or incorporate interesting animal and plant forms into the dance. Dance movements are vigorous, rough, lively, magical and imaginative.

From the performance form, Yao's Long Drum Dance includes Pangu Long Drum Dance, Long Drum Dance, Table Head Drum Dance, Lusheng Long Drum Dance and Short Drum Dance. According to the number of performers, it also includes solo dance, duet dance and group dance. In performance, drum drama can be divided into "martial arts" and "literary fighting", as well as "high stakes" and "low stakes".