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Names of folk dances

Ethnic dances include: Zhuang dance, Mongolian dance, Chao dance, Dai dance, Yangko dance, etc.

1. Zhuang Dance

The Zhuang ethnic group belongs to the Zhuang-Dai branch of the Zhuang-Dong language group of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is the ethnic group with the largest population among the 55 ethnic minorities in my country. Most of the Zhuang people are distributed in the four regions of Nanning, Baise, Hechi and Liuzhou in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with a small number distributed in the Wenshan area of ??Yunnan Province. ?

The ancestors of the Zhuang people can be traced back to more than 2,000 years ago, and are the descendants of the "Xiou" and "Luoyue" ethnic groups of the "Baiyue" tribe. Since the Qin Dynasty unified China and its influence spread directly to Lingnan, a large number of Han people arrived from the Central Plains in Guangdong and Guangxi areas, and gradually integrated with the "Yue" people in mutual trade, exchanges and social life, becoming today's ancestors of the Zhuang ethnic group. ?

2. Mongolian dance

It belongs to the Mongolian ethnic group of the Altaic language family and is mainly distributed in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northeastern my country. The Mongolian people are a horseback nation with a long history, rich national culture, and live by singing and dancing. Due to various reasons such as language affiliation, living area and national history, primitive shamanism, which believes in animism and worships multiple gods, has been spread among the Mongolian people since ancient times.

3. Korean Dance

The language affiliation has not yet been finalized. The Korean ethnic group in my country, which is concentrated in the Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture of Jilin Province in Northeast China and Liaoning, Heilongjiang and other provinces, is not The native ethnic groups within the current territory of our country.

From the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century, as the Korean Peninsula suffered from successive years of famine and the barbaric invasion of the Japanese army, a large number of people on the peninsula began to migrate and settle in the northeastern region of my country, and gradually became a member of my country’s national family. .

4. Dai Dance

The Dai people, belonging to the Dai branch of the Zhuang-Dong language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family, are mainly distributed in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, and Gengma, Yunnan Province. Menglian Dai Autonomous County. The Dai people are a cross-border ethnic group, and their distribution areas are adjacent to neighboring countries Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam.

5. Yangge Dance

"Yangge" is a large-scale song and dance form that connects the past with the future and heightens the atmosphere during the Spring Festival mass celebrations. The "Yangko" referred to here is not only a single "Yangko dance", but also includes an artistic performance team composed of dozens of singing and dancing forms.

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