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What kind of Japanese dance is Yaku collectively known as?

Yaku is a collective name for Japanese court music and dance, which includes Tangaku and Sanhanaku. Tangle refers to the music and dances of the Han and Tang dynasties that were handed down from China. Three Korean music mainly refers to the Korean Peninsula Baekje, Silla, Goguryeo music and dance. Chinese Tang music was brought to Japan by Japanese envoys. According to the records, there are 48 kinds of Tang music brought back from China to Japan. Many famous court dances of Tang Dynasty were brought to Japan, including Emperor's Broken Formation Music, Tuan Chaos Spinning, Wine Beard, Midnight Music, Sword Instrument Hunde, and Song and Dance Theater, such as Bowtie Head, King of Lanling, and Sumojia.

Sanle, the equivalent of China's Han and Tang dynasties of the Hundred Operas, the performance of the program is mostly acrobatics, illusions, etc., Japan's earliest performances of Sanle began in the Nara period. It is generally accompanied by Buddhist rituals, and the performance of Sagaku in Japan is used to spread the teachings of the Buddhist scriptures.

Most of the foreign dances that were transmitted to Japan during the period of the Hida and Nara Dynasties were preserved in the courts and temples, and were passed down from generation to generation. During the Heian Period, Chinese Tang Dynasty music and dance, Indian and Korean music and dance were all transmitted to Japan, enriching the content of the ancient Japanese art of music and dance and fostering the emergence and development of the Japanese court yagura, kabuki music, dance music and noh.