List of dance in China

This is a list of dance in China.

Category Subtype Description Period Ethnicity Region Pictures
Dunhuangwu[1]

(敦煌舞; Dunhuang dance)

Dunhuang Feitian dance

(敦煌飞天舞)

Present
Thousand hand Guanyin (千手觀音)[2] 2004 – Present
Errenzhuan

(二人轉)

Derived from farmers' dances which were performed to celebrate sowing and planting.

It features folk dance technique of waving fans or silk handkerchiefs.[3]

Present Northeast China (Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongiiang)[3]
Guangchangwu

(广场舞; lit. "Square dancing")

1990s –Present
Huadeng (花燈) Yunnan flower lantern (云南花灯)[4] Yunnan
Yi people's flower-drum dance 1898 –Present Yi Eshan Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province
Huagudeng wu

(花鼓灯舞; lit. "Flower drum lantern dance")

Song –Present[5] Han Chinese Huai River Valley (eastern China)
Jianwu

(剑舞; lit. "Sword dance")[1]

Present Han Chinese
Kongquewu

(孔雀舞)[1]

Dai Peacock dance

(傣族孔雀舞)

Han –Present Dai[6]
Mukamu[1]

(木卡姆; lit. "Muqam dance")

Present Uyghur
Sanwu

(伞舞; lit. "Umbrella dance")

Han[7] –Present
Shanziwu

(扇子舞; lit. "Chinese fan dance")

Han[1] –Present Han Chinese
Shuixiuwu

(水袖舞; lit. "Water sleeve dance")

Zhou –Present Han Chinese
Wulong

(舞龙; lit. "Dragon dance") or Long wu (龍舞)[4]

Han[1] –Present Han Chinese
Wushi

(舞狮) or Shiziwu (獅子舞) [4]

Southern Lion dance Present Han Chinese
Northern Lion dance Present
Heavenly Tower Lion Dance

(天塔狮舞; Tianta shiwu)

Present
Tea dance[8] Tea picking dance (採茶舞; Caicha wu) Present Fujian[4]
Tea lantern dance Present
Yangge

(秧歌; lit. 'Rice Sprout Song'); also known as yangko[4]

Song –Present Han Chinese[4] Northern China[4]
Yangge derivatives Hongchou wu

(紅綢舞 ; lit. "Red Silk Dance ")

An iconic dance which shows the combination of Northeast Great Yangge (東北大秧歌; Dongbei da yangge)[4] 1950s Han Chinese Northern China
Paolü (跑驢; Running Donkey) Uses techniques of the Hebei Earth Yangge (Hebei di yangge; 河北地秧歌)[4] 1950s Han Chinese Northern China
Yayue (雅乐, lit "elegant music) Classical music and dance performed at the royal court and temples in ancient China Western Zhou Han Chinese

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  2. ^ The heritage of Chinese culture and dance. Classical dance : Dunhuang. Ming Chen; Sandra Parks; Jake McNeill; Stella Xu; Kennesaw State University. 2016. OCLC 964534193 – via Worldcat.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ a b "Errenzhuan". en.chinaculture.org. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Wilcox, Emily (2020-03-01). "When Folk Dance Was Radical: Cold War Yangge, World Youth Festivals, and Overseas Chinese Leftist Culture in the 1950s and 1960s". China Perspectives. 1 (2020): 33–42. doi:10.4000/chinaperspectives.9947. ISSN 2070-3449.
  5. ^ "The Flower Drum Lantern Is a Traditional Folk Dance Enjoying a Long History-Made-in-China.com". resources.made-in-china.com. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  6. ^ "Peacock Dance". en.chinaculture.org. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  7. ^ "Chinese umbrella dance". learning.hku.hk. 2021.
  8. ^ "Tea dance - chinaculture". en.chinaculture.org. Retrieved 2022-03-04.