Its all about the music and dance in china. In this presentation, you can observe the different kinds of their dances, their music (include history, vocal and instrument)

1. CHINA- “Sleeping Tiger of Asia”

2. Music of China refers to the music of the Chinese people,
which may be the music of the Han Chinese as well as other
ethnic minorities within mainland China. It also includes music
produced by people of Chinese origin in some territories outside
mainland China using traditional Chinese instruments or in the
Chinese language. It covers a highly diverse range of music from
the traditional to the modern.
Source: Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia

3. Chinese Music history must be approached with a certain
sense of awe. Indeed, any survey evokes the music of a varied,
still-active civilization whose archaeological resources go back
to 3000 BCE and whose own extensive written documents refer
to countless forms of music not only in connection with folk
festivals and religious events but also in the courts of
hundreds of emperors and princes in dozens of provinces,
dynasties, and periods.
Source: Chinese Music| Britanica.com

4. National music
Main article: Guoyue
The term Guoyue, or national music, became popular in the early 20th century and was used loosely
to include all music written for Chinese instruments in response to a particular nationalistic
consciousness. The term however may have a slightly different meaning when used by different
Chinese communities. It was originally used only referred to the music of the Han Chinese; it later
began to include music of various ethnic minorities in China.
In the Republic of China, in Taiwan, Guoyue emphasized music of the mainland China over the
Taiwanese local traditions. In mainland China a new term minyue (民乐, short for minzu yinyue or
"people's music") was coined post-1949 in place of guoyue to encompass all compositions and
genres for traditional instruments. In other Chinese communities, it may also be referred to as
huayue (for example in Singapore) or zhongyue (in Hong Kong)

5.  Musical instruments were traditionally classified into 8 categories known as bayin.
 Traditional music in China is played on solo instruments or in small ensembles of
plucked and bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and various cymbals, gongs, and
drums.
 The scale is pentatonic.
 Bamboo pipes and qin are among the oldest known musical instruments from
China; instruments are traditionally divided into categories based on their material of
composition: animal skins, gourd, bamboo, wood, silk, earth/clay, metal, and stone.
 Chinese orchestras traditionally consist of bowed strings, woodwinds, plucked
strings and percussion.

6. Instruments
Woodwind and
percussion:
dizi, sheng, paigu,
gong, paixiao, guan, bells,
cymbals, bottle gourd silk
Bowed strings:
erhu, zhonghu, dahu,
banhu, jinghu, gaohu, gehu,
yehu, cizhonghu, diyingehu,
leiqin
Plucked and struck
strings:
guqin, sanxian,
yueqin, yangqin, guzheng,
ruan, konghou, liuqin, pipa,
zhu

7.  Chinese vocal music has traditionally been sung in a thin, non resonant voice or
in falsetto and is usually solo rather than choral.
 All traditional Chinese music is melodic rather than harmonic.
 Chinese vocal music probably developed from sung poems and verses with
music.
 Instrumental pieces played on an erhu or dizi are popular, and are often available
outside of China, but the pipa and zheng music, which are more traditional, are
more popular in China itself. The qin is perhaps the most revered instrument in
China, even though very few people know what it is or seen and heard one being
played.
 The zheng, a form of zither, is most popular in Henan, Chaozhou, Hakka and
Shandong. The pipa, a kind of lute, believed to have been introduced from the
Arabian Peninsula area during the 6th century and adapted to suit Chinese tastes,
is most popular in Shanghai and surrounding areas

8. Han Chinese Folk's feelings are displayed in its poetry-like feeling to it with slow soothing tempos that
express feelings that connect with the audience or whoever is playing the piece. Han Folk is delivered in a
way, using silences that alter its meaning, this also creates a sound similar to poetry.
Music of the Han culture
China has been the home of a colorful culture of folk music. Largely based on the pentatonic scales ,
Chinese folk music is different from western traditional music, paying more attention to the form
expression as well.
Folk music
One of the most popular folk songs of China is Mo Li Hua
("Beautiful Jasmine")
Vocal Percussion
Kouji is the Chinese vocal percussion.

9. The plum blossom has been an important symbol in Chinese culture. As a
“friend of winter,” the plum blossom most vividly represents the value of
endurance, as life ultimately overcomes through the vicissitude of time.
The fragrance of plum blossoms “comes from the bitterness and
coldness,” as the Chinese saying goes. Souls are tempered in the depth
of experience, growing in inner strength and unyielding courage.
Example of a
Chinese song:
“Plum Blossom”

10. Dances in China

12. Dance in China is a highly varied art form, consisting of many
modern and traditional dance genres.
• The dances cover a wide range, from folk dances to
performances in opera and ballet, and may be used in public
celebrations, rituals and ceremonies.
• There are also 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in
China, and each ethnic minority group in China also has its
own folk dances. The best known Chinese dances today are
the Dragon dance and the Lion Dance.

13. These may be folk dances, or dances that were once performed as rituals
or as entertainment spectacle, and some may have been performed in the
imperial court.
Among the best-known of the Chinese traditional dances are the Dragon
dance and Lion dance, and both dances were known in earlier dynasties
in various forms.
A form of lion dance similar to today's lion dance was described as early
as the Tang Dynasty, the modern form of the dragon dance however may
be a more recent development
Traditional dance

14. The early Chinese folk dances, like other forms of
primitive art, were essentially ritual enactments of
superstitious beliefs performed in the hope of a good
harvest, or – in the case of the earliest Chinese folk
dances – in the hope of a good hunt, since the earliest
Chinese folk dances were performed by hunter-
gatherer folk.

15. Dragon dances mentioned include a dance
performed during a ritual to appeal for rain at
time of drought as Chinese dragon was
associated with rain, acts in the baixi variety
shows where performers dressed up as a green
dragon playing a flute, and acts where fish
turned into a dragon.
Modern Dragon Dance uses light-weight
structure manipulated by a dozen or so of men
using poles at regular intervals along the length
of the dragon, and some forms of the dragon can
be very long and involve hundreds of
performers.
There are more than 700 different dragon
dances in China

16.  The Lion dance has been suggested to
have been introduced from outside China
as lion is not native to China, and the
Chinese word for lion itself, shi (獅), may
have been derived from the Persian word
šer
 Detailed description of Lion Dance
appeared during the Tang Dynasty and it
was then recognized as a foreign import,
but the dance may have existed in China
as early as the third century AD.
 Suggested origin of the dance include
India and Persia,
 A version of lion dance resembling
modern lion dance was described by
Tang poet Bai Juyi in his poem
"Western Liang Arts" (西凉伎),
where the dancers wear a lion costume
made of a wooden head, a silk tail and
furry body, with eyes gilded with gold
and teeth plated with silver, and ears
that moves.
 There are two main forms of Chinese
Lion Dance, the Northern Lion and
Southern Lion. A form of the Lion
Dance is also found in Tibet where it is
called the Snow Lion Dance

17. In northern China, the Lion Dance is generally much more
evocative, being performed by acrobatic dancers,
suggesting all the ferocity and agility of the mighty lion. It
was accordingly a favorite dance at court as well. The
colors of the "northern" lion were usually a combination or
red, orange and yellow (i.e., royal colors) – though green
body fur was generally used to represent the female
specimen – and with an oversized, shaggy, golden head for
the male specimen.
In southern China, the lion takes on the more symbolic role of one
who guards against – or in some cases exorcises – evil spirits. The
color scheme of the "southern" lion was of no particular
importance, therefore they appear in a variety of colors. The head
of the southern lion is also oversized, but with even
disproportioniately larger eyes, with a "unique horn" (single horn)
at the center of the head and with a mirror on its forehead,
reflecting light with each of the beast's movements.

18.  Folk dances of ethnic minorities in China
 There are many minority groups in China and each
have their own dances that reflect their culture and
way of life.[14] A few examples of their dances:
 Baishou Dance - a dance of the Tujia people
 Mongolian Bowl Dance (頂碗舞) - a dance
where female dancers balance several bowls on
their heads while dancing.
 Long Drum Dance (長鼓舞) - a dance of the
Yao people which inspired the orchestral
composition Dance of the Yao People.
 Sanam - an Uyghur dance.
 Lhamo - a Tibetan opera with dancing and
singing

19. Tang Dynasty Show,
originated from the court
dance of the Tang Dynasty,
is considered as a must-
see attraction for each
tourist to Xi'an. China
Highlights' tours to Xian all
include a chance to watch
this pageantry.

20. many of the dances of ethnic minority groups share
common themes such as rivalry, jealously and love –
but also forgiveness – as well as matrimonial bliss
and the communal bond
The folk dance is one of the most cherished
forms of artistic expression among the
Chinese people. In a sense, the folk dance can
be interpreted as the simplest and most
immediately available form of informal theatre
Folk dance of Dai minority