The Miao Burning Soul Dance is a folk dance preserved by the Miao people in the long history. It is a unique sacrificial dance. It is mainly spread in Dashan Township, Xiashan Town, Huilong Town and Liguan Township in the south of Xingren County along the Beipanjiang River in the northeast of Xingren County. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty 2,000 years ago, the people living in Xingren County created a splendid civilization. Xingren County covers an area of 1,785 square kilometers and has a population of 447,000. There are 16 ethnic groups living in the territory, including Han, Miao, Buyi, Hui, and Gelao. Among them, the Miao population accounts for about 30% of the minority population. They are not only simple in folk customs and folk customs, but also ingenious and good at singing and dancing. According to legend, the Miao Burning Soul Dance was passed down to Heiyang Daqing (generally referring to Guizhou) by the ancestors of the Miao people in the long history after a long migration. It has gone through thousands of years of history. According to relevant historical records, there is a figure blowing a reed pipe on the "money tree" unearthed from the Han tomb in northwestern Guizhou. According to the historical book "Song History and Biographies", when the "Zangke Man" came to Kaifeng to pay tribute, "one person played the sheng, dozens of people danced together, and stamped their feet on the ground as a rhythm", which was the famous Lusheng dance. According to the folk legend of the Miao people, after Yang Lu (referring to the ancestor of the Miao people) died, in order to commemorate him, the Miao people used the wooden drum and Lusheng brought back by Yang Lu from the Jade Emperor to fast for him, beat the drum three times, played the Lusheng to shake the earth, and brought Yang Lu back to burn his spirit. Therefore, the drum and Lusheng became the tokens of the Miao people's funeral and the symbol of the gods. The drums were paired with singing, and the drums were paired with the sheng to play and dance. Over time, the Miao people formed the sacrificial dance "Soul Burning Dance" for worshiping their ancestors and opening the way for the burning of the dead. The Miao "Soul Burning Dance" is a performing art that combines blowing and dancing with drums and singing and dancing with drums, and blowing, dancing and singing. Its performance consists of two parts: singing and dancing with drums and blowing and dancing with drums. The music of each part is different, and each part has corresponding content. The first part: singing and dancing with drums, with three parts in total. The movements are simple, just walking, walking and kicking, turning and kicking, and the range of movement is not large. Its basic content is: bringing back the dead souls to burn the spirits, while tracing the place where the ancestors lived (that is, the distant east), for the joy of the dead souls to ascend to heaven with the ancestors and find a home. The second part: with drums, blowing and dancing, with three parts in total. The first part reflects the ancestor worship and briefly describes the difficult journey that the ancient Miao ancestors experienced for the survival of the nation. The movements are: 1. Make a shell bucket and step on the shell. (Walk three steps, step three steps), bring the ancestors back, worship the ancestors, and burn the spirits for the ancestors. 2. Dubo Wa Ge (buffalo clapping horns), reflecting the difficult journey of the Miao ancestors and the hard-won survival of the nation. The second part: mourning for the dead and clearing the way for the dead souls to burn their spirits. The movements include: 1. Make a shell and step on the shell. (Walk three steps, step three steps). Welcome the soul of the dead back and burn the spirit for the dead. 2. Om Kla (ducks go down to the fields), the time to clear the way for the dead souls to burn their spirits has come. The third part: the things offered to the dead have been taken away by the dead souls. The movements include: 1. Make a shell and step on the shell. (Walk three steps, step three steps). Send the dead souls back to heaven. 2. Pythagorean thesis (foot hook), the dead souls have no worries, the cattle and food offered to the dead souls have been taken away by the dead souls. 3. Moad (turn around and face the palms), reflecting the joy of the living when the souls of the dead ascend to heaven. The basic steps of the "burning soul dance" include: walking (walking, kicking), hooking feet (standing hook, squatting hook), turning (stepping and turning, jumping and turning), etc. The dance is mainly based on short steps. The second part of the dance begins with the dance action of "making a beidou and stepping on beilai" (walking three steps and stepping three steps), but the meanings expressed are different, with deep meanings of mourning for ancestors and the dead. The whole dance consists of three sections of singing and dancing, followed by three sections of blowing and dancing, which is rare in folk Lusheng dance art. Although both singing and dancing have the same specific emotional content, the organic combination of melody and language has become a Lusheng language that expresses specific emotions. In particular, singing and dancing are matched with drums to express respect and remembrance for ancestors and the dead, which is ancient and elegant. Emotional piety is another significant feature of the dance. The Miao "burning soul dance" is an ancient sacrificial dance for the dead to transcend, return to their homeland, and reunite with their ancestors. The main accompaniment instruments are Lusheng and wooden drums. The Sheng is a six-pipe Sheng with five scales: Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu. The reed pipes used are two rows of reed pipes, which have beautiful and gentle sounds (alto or tenor reed pipes). The drums are wooden drums covered with cowhide at both ends. The dance steps include walking (walking, kicking), hooking feet (standing hook, squatting hook), turning (stepping and turning, jumping and turning), and the dance is mainly based on short steps. The Miao Burning Soul Dance is an ancient cultural and artistic heritage passed down by the Miao people in the long and difficult migration process, in the practice of production and life. It is the crystallization of the Miao people's wisdom, deeply rooted in the hearts of the Miao people, deeply loved by the Miao people, and also deeply welcomed by other ethnic groups, and has a high ornamental value. At the same time, the Miao "Burning Soul Dance" reflects the rituals and customs of the Miao people in funerals and sacrifices, which has certain research value for understanding the ancient history and culture of the Miao people. The Miao Burning Soul Dance is taught in various forms, including teaching by Lao Mo, family teaching, teaching by elders in the village, and teaching by old artists of the ethnic group. The main inheritors are: Yang Huawen, Yang Dehong, Yang Deming, etc. For thousands of years, the Miao "Soul Burning Dance" has been passed down from generation to generation among the Miao (Bai Miao) in this area. It not only preserves the ancient cultural factors, but also inherits the Miao's ancient funeral customs, simple music and original dance art. However, there is no written record of the dance, and it is entirely passed down from generation to generation through oral transmission. With the continuous changes in people's values and aesthetics, the continuous development of the commodity economy and the influence of modern cultural information and lifestyle, the inheritance of ancient traditional cultural arts has been greatly impacted. In addition, the Soul Burning Dance has been lost in some Miao villages. Even in the villages with this artistic treasure, the inheritors are over 70 years old. Now this excellent folk sacrificial dance is facing the danger of no successors and is dying out. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)