Abstract: Miao dance is a type of folk dance. Because of its unique and distinctive style, it is deeply loved by people. Miao dance refers to the heritage of Chinese history and culture that the Miao area possesses and inherits. The Miao are a nation rich in singing and dancing. There are nearly ten kinds of "dance" in the Miao ethnic group alone. Moreover, its branches are numerous and widely distributed, forming a large number of song and dance varieties with rich content, which reflects the long history of "encouragement" of the Miao people. Introduction to Miao Dance: The Miao are a nation rich in singing and dancing. There are nearly ten types of Miao "dance" alone. The Miao ethnic group's "Drumming" is mentioned in the Tang Dynasty's "Chao Ye Qian Zai": "Wuxi Man, his parents died, his body was buried outside the village, and they were buried for three years, drumming and singing, and relatives having a banquet and dancing for more than a month." Records show that the Miao people have a long history of "encouragement".

Miao folk dances include Lusheng dance, copper drum dance, wood drum dance, Xiangxi drum dance, bench dance and ancient gourd dance. Especially Lusheng dance is the most popular. Danzhai, Taijiang, Huangping, Leishan, Kaili, Gulong, Dafang, Shuicheng in Guizhou, as well as Rongshui in Guangxi and other places hold traditional festivals on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the third day of the third month and the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, as well as during Chinese New Year and festivals. Lusheng dances are held on festive occasions such as ancestor worship, house building, harvest, wedding reception, and weddings. Most of the dances are four-step, but there are also two-step, three-step, six-step, rub step, jump step, point step and left and right rotation. The "Miao Youth Dance", led by first-class Miao actor Jin Ou, was made into a dance art film "Flying Colorful Butterflies" in 1963 and has been performed in the United States, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and other places, and is deeply loved by the masses.

Characteristics of Miao Dance 1. Bumping Rhythm Miao settlements are mostly in rugged mountainous areas, and people will inevitably feel bumps or shaking when walking. Because of these experiences, Miao talents created the bumpy rhythm of Miao dance.

The characteristics of its rhythm are: centering on the chest and waist, turning up and down, up and down, and maintaining the continuity and chain of turning. Its bumpy rhythm expresses complex emotional fluctuations through different artistic expression techniques, such as the size of the limbs, the expression of the face, the strength, the speed of rhythm changes, etc.

For example, the Miao dance "Dipa" shows this rhythm. The actor moves his hands up and down to the front of his neck to the soft music, matching the rise and fall of his chest and waist and the walking of his feet.

2. The rhythm of driving ducks. The Miao area is surrounded by mountains and rivers. They often play by the river and raise ducks and other creatures in the water. The Miao people observe the characteristics of ducks nodding and swaying when they walk, and integrate them into their dance movements to form a unique and distinctive rhythm of driving ducks.

The characteristics of its rhythm are:

There are many people in a row, the palms of both hands are tilted up and placed on both sides of the body to paddle, nodding slightly up and down; at the same time, the feet are rubbed forward, and the whole body There is a swaying rhythm.

For example, in the Miao dance "Walking on the Miao Mountains", a group of Miao women are walking among the mountains and rivers. It shows the Miao people's love for nature.

3. The Rhythm of Yishunguaier Movement Since the climate in the areas where the Miao people live is extremely humid, it rains all year round. People will bring umbrellas and raincoats when they go out to protect themselves from the rain.

And in daily life and work, the Miao people often carry children or other items on their backs and hold them in their hands. Their hands are almost never free in daily life. But when they see people or scenery they like, they often dance. This forms a shunguaier rhythmic style.

The characteristics of its rhythm are: the same hands and feet, the same hands and the same head, and the movement direction of the upper body and lower body is the same.

4. Swinging waist rhythm The Miao people like white, that is, they like silver jewelry. The more, the better, and the heavier, the better. For example, the representative silver neck jewelry-necklace.

In daily life, the silver collar will sway with the movement of the body, resulting in the characteristic of swinging the upper and lower parts of the body from side to side with the waist as the point of force. Waist swinging also has "positive and negative" differences due to different directions and movements.

For example, the waist swinging movement in the Miao dance "Water Girl" shows the water snake-like waist and streamlined body shape of the Miao girl.

5. The characteristic of point oscillation rhythm comes from the silver bells and silver belts worn by the Miao people. As long as the human body shakes in daily life, they will make a pleasant sound, so the Miao people I like to shake my body and make the silverware make sounds.

For example, in the Miao dance "Silver Collar", the actors hold up the collar with both hands and start to make some oscillating rhythm, and the sound is very pleasant.

6. Hip movement The pleated skirts of the Miao ethnic group are deeply loved by the public because of their exquisite craftsmanship and complicated production.

Miao girls also like to wear their own pleated skirts. However, because it is not light in weight, it does not swing with the body during daily activities, so Miao girls like to swing up the skirt to show off their beautiful floral skirts. Therefore, this kind of hip swinging movement of "swinging the hips and swinging the hands at the same time" was born.

For example, in the dance movements of the Miao dance "Mountain Road Galaxy", the Miao girls wave their hands while moving their hips, and fling out their bright skirts through different formation changes.

Miao dance culture is an indispensable part of folk dance. If you want to learn Miao dance well, you must master the unique rhythm of Miao dance so that you can perform Miao dance better.

Types of Miao dance Miao dance mainly includes Lusheng dance and drum dance.

Lusheng dance (called "Jiugui" in Miao language) is a traditional folk dance in which men play the "lusheng" while flexibly dancing their lower limbs (including hips, knees, and ankles). It spreads widely and is popular in various Miao areas. Among them, the mountainous areas in southeastern and northwest Guizhou and western Guangxi are the most active. Including customary Lusheng dance, performance Lusheng dance, sacrificial Lusheng dance and ceremonial Lusheng dance.

Drumming is a Miao folk dance that involves beating drums and dancing at the same time. The drum is made of wood, covered with cowhide at both ends, and placed on a stand for beating. The Miao people's "encouragement" has a long historical origin. Including flower drum, reunion drum, New Year dance drum, single drum drum, monkey drum, stepping drum, wood drum and copper drum.

Among the self-entertainment dances of the Miao people, there is also the "Golden Pheasant Dance" in which they wear silver crowns and colorful striped skirts to imitate the movements of golden pheasants; they wear feather crowns and imitate pheasants fighting, jumping, The "Lusheng Dance", a men's double dance with acrobatic skills, is playful, and the "Bench Dance" is derived from women's embroidery, hemp rolling and other household chores. The Miao ethnic group in China has many branches and is widely distributed, forming a large number of song and dance varieties with rich contents. In addition to the above introducers, the "Lusheng Dance" of "Huaxi Miao" in Guizhou Province, the "Dance Dance" of "Hongnian Miao", the "Flower and Tree Dance" of "Hua Miao", and the "Ancient Poop Dance" spread in Danzhai County , "Lusheng Dance" by the Miao people in Yunnan Province, "Mango Dance" by the Miao people in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as well as "Bullfighting", "Sheep-Leading", "Hua Stick Dance", etc. There are too many types to mention.

The representative works of Miao dance are "Stepping on the Drums", "Drums from All Sides", "Miaoling Love Song Picking Up the Moon" and "I am the Miaoshan Thrush"