300-year period in Chinese history from the Wei and Jin Dynasty (220-420) to the Southern and Northern Dynasty(386-581), witnessed great social turmoil(state of confusion, disorder, uncertainty, or great anxiety) and an intensive cultural amalgamation(verschmelzen;fusionner) amongst various ethnic groups. The Sui Dynasty (581-618) unified China in 589, and Chinese acrobatics reached maturity, becoming a popular performing art with both the rulers and common people during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Acrobats often performed with court singers and dancers in the royal palace.
Category: Chinese customs
About the Group Sites at Nihewan of the Paleolithic Age
The Archaeological sites from the Early to the Late Paleolithic Age Geographical Location: In Nihewan Basin on the border of Hebei and Shanxi provinces
Folk dance of the Dai people
Folk dances of the 840,000 Dai Ethnic Group(傣族Dăizú) enjoy not only wide popularity but great diversity. Most of them imitate the movements of subtropical(subtropisch; the places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions) creatures. The percussion instruments used for accompaniment include elephant-foot drums, gongs, and bronze drums. Different dances have their one special drumbeat and drum vocabulary. The drumbeat is not only the tempo of a dance but a kind of language for people to communicate their feelings.
About the Site of the Maba Man
Geographical Location: Qujiang County, Guangdong Province Period: 129,500-135,000 BP Excavated in 1958
Stool dance of the Miao ethnic group
Inhabitant of the Chinese Miao Ethnic Group(苗族Miáozú), dwelling in southeast Guizhou Province, enjoy many ancient and distinctive traditions. A couple of favorite customs are playing lusheng (reed-pipe wind) and the stool dance(凳子舞dèngzǐwǔ), both of which continue to be highlights of major events and Miao festivals.
Site of Jinniushan in China
Geographical Location: Yingkou, Liaoning Province Period: The date of the site is 310,000-160,000 BP, while human fossils is about 280,000 BP
Andai Dance
In North China, there live the Chinese herdsmen(a man who looks after a herd of animals such as cattle or goats) — the Mongolian ethnic minority. They love the grassland, love dancing and singing. The Mongolian people created a lot of dances and music, of which the most famous one is Andai Dance(安代舞āndàiwǔ).
About the Liulihe Site
The Capital of Yan State in Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century-771BC) Geographical Location: Fangshan County, Beijing
Moonlight dance of A’xi
Yi ethnic group(彝族Yízú) has many branches. Some still live in extremely cold areas and their dances vary. The Moonlight Dance of Axi, popular in Lunan and Mile of Yunnan Province, is a kind of mass dance of Axi and Sani people of the Yi ethnic minority.
About the Fenghao Site
The Site of the capital of Western Zhou Dynasty and the graveyard in that period Geographical location: In Xi'an, Shaanxi Province
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