The Quanzhou ball-kicking dance, commonly known as the "tribute ball dance" or "ball-touching dance", directly reflects the most important feature of the dance, namely, kicking the ball with the foot, throwing (tribute) the ball with the hand, and touching and catching the ball with other parts of the body, including the shoulder, arm, elbow, knee, head, neck, etc. The ball-kicking dance originated from the military sports game "Cuju" during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in my country. Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty wrote in "Bie Lu": "Taju is a military force, so it is used to train warriors, and it is also a talent, all for fun." Among the military books collected by the Han royal family, there is a "New Book of Cuju", and "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" lists it in the "Thirteen Schools of Military Skills". In ancient Chinese, "Ta" and "Cuju" mean "kick", and "Ju" means "ball", so "Taju" and "Cuju" mean "kicking the ball". This game later evolved into two branches, one is the prototype of modern football, and the other is that it is gradually danced through the combination with music, singing and dancing and other art forms, becoming the "Cuju dance". The Tang Dynasty poet wrote in his poem "A Wife Playing Football" that "the ball is like a pearl, and the face is like jade", "I wonder if she is stepping on the ground, but she is not, I wonder if she is jumping into the air, but she is actually stepping on the ground", which describes the woman's football play vividly. The spread of the "cuju" dance form is not limited to Quanzhou, but the Quanzhou football dance has certain rules and procedures, and is also the most interesting. After the football dance was introduced to Quanzhou, it was absorbed and transformed by local opera, combined with the steps of Liyuan Opera, and absorbed the movements of Southern Shaolin martial arts, including the movements of the players, making the "football" movements more dance-like. The Liyuan Opera, a southern opera from the Song and Yuan Dynasties that has been preserved to this day, has a scene of "Yaxian playing football" in the old chapter "Zheng Yuanhe" of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, which retains the rules and procedures of the Quanzhou football dance in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. On the other hand, Quanzhou Gaojia Opera is known for its clown art. The Quanzhou football dance incorporates the movements of the clown, which is interesting and humorous, making this dance a folk art that is appreciated by both the elite and the masses, and has spread and influenced the folk football dances in various parts of southern Fujian. Quanzhou ball-kicking dance is usually performed by women, such as a mother, maid, and female clown. Except for the ball-playing player, the rest are all women. The performance can be roughly divided into three types: "stage ball", "street ball" and "stilt ball". "Stilt ball" is not as flexible as the other two due to the restriction of stilts. "Street ball" is mainly performed during street activities. There is also a "ball dance" team, which usually consists of one man dancing with ball, one colorful female role, four or six colorful maids (young girls), followed by players holding dongxiao, nanpi, yueqin, erhu, and percussion instruments such as "xiaojiao", "tongzhong" and "xiangzhan", which has a strong local flavor and local characteristics.