Bronze drum dance is one of the most popular and influential ancient dances among the Zhuang, Yi and Yao ethnic groups in my country. It originated from the nature worship and ancestor worship activities of the ancestors of the Zhuang, Yi and other ethnic groups in Wenshan. During the bronze drum dance performance, the drummer beats the drum rhythmically, and the changes in the rhythm of the drum beats cause changes in the dance formation and movements. There are many formations for collective dances in bronze drum dance. Young men and women can form a circle, or they can be arranged in a semicircle, a straight line, a vertical shape, a cross dance, a square, etc. The dancers' emotions rise and fall with the dance. The dance method is vigorous and powerful, the dance posture is rough and flexible, and the dance scene is cheerful and moving, showing distinct ethnic and regional characteristics. Leishan Miao Bronze Drum Dance is a unique folk dance of the Miao ethnic group, mainly spread in Zhangao Village, Datang Township, Leishan County, Guizhou Province. The Miao people have the custom of worshipping drums. Each branch has a bronze drum or a wooden drum. Generally, every 13 years, a drum-hiding festival is held, and water buffaloes or pigs are slaughtered to sacrifice the drums. At the same time, people also dance the drum sacrifice to show respect and remembrance for their ancestors. Bronze drum dance is a dance accompanied by a percussion instrument called a "bronze drum" with a face on one end, a hollow bottom and a flat curved waist. It is also a representative of the dance culture of ethnic minorities in southern my country. According to archaeological discoveries, bronze drum dance had appeared in music and dance scenes as early as the 4th century BC (late Spring and Autumn Period). Although the Miao people only began to come into contact with bronze drums as a ritual instrument (later mainly used as musical instruments) in the early days of feudal society, they made important contributions to the inheritance and development of ancient bronze drum culture in my country. To this day, the Miao people still preserve a relatively complete performance form and dance form. The Miao people in Southeast Guizhou still often dance bronze drum dance when celebrating traditional festivals and festive days. According to the "Draft of the Chronicles of Bazhai County" in Guizhou, when beating the bronze drum, "it is hung with rope ears, one person holds a wooden mallet to hit it hard, and one person closes it with a wooden barrel, one hits and one closes it, so that the sound is loud and far-reaching." The activity of Miao bronze drum dance is formed. Now it is common to hang bronze drums in front of the courtyard and in the field, and the drummers hold wooden mallets in one hand to hit the drum waist and hold leather-headed mallets in the other hand to hit the drum surface for accompaniment. The dancers formed a circle, stepped on the distinct and sonorous drum beats, sometimes inside and sometimes outside, and sometimes advanced and retreated. When they were excited, they also clapped their hands and shouted "Hi Chi Chi" to add to the fun. Its movements are mainly derived from hunting life, agricultural production labor and the simulation of animal morphological movements, such as "riding horses", "driving ducks", "fishing", "catching shrimps", etc. The Miao bronze drum dance is mainly characterized by the twisting of the hips and the swinging of the upper body. The dance steps are bold, the dance range is large, and the difficulty is high. Sometimes it is like a dragonfly skimming the water, and sometimes it is like a tiger descending the mountain. It has a unique style. It is said that there are 12 types of Leishan Miao bronze drum dances, one of which has been lost. At present, there are 11 types that can be collected, including crab catching dance, turning dance, welcoming dance, hunting dance, duck step dance, seeing off dance, sacrifice drum dance, grazing dance, shrimp catching dance, sending drum dance, and joyful dance. Each dance has drum beats and music, and the dance postures are also different. Each dance posture contains certain content. Some of them come from imitating animals, such as ducks walking, etc.; some come from various production and life behaviors, such as catching shrimps and crabs, hunting and production, etc. Leishan Miao bronze drum dance is mainly performed during the Drum Tibetan Festival and celebrations of harvests, ancestor worship and other activities. Different dance styles are often chosen according to different festivals. For example, the dance posture is solemn and solid during the Drum Tibetan Festival, rough and unrestrained when celebrating harvests, and exaggerated and interesting when imitating animals, etc. Due to the narrow geographical distribution of bronze drum dance, some bronze drum dance and bronze drum drum performance skills have been lost. The ancient Leishan Miao bronze drum dance is in an endangered state and urgently needs to be rescued and protected. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)