The music and dance art in Sui and Tang Dynasties, as far as its performance style is concerned, is a magnificent, diverse and unified system, just like the brilliant cultural and artistic peak in Tang Dynasty. Many of its styles are free, complete and mature, elegant, easy, stable and full of vitality. A flying sky on the south side of the west niche of Cave 321 in Dunhuang falls from the sky under the background of colorful clouds. Its lines are extremely smooth, its composition is magical and natural, and its characters are dignified and infectious. A flying picture on the south wall of Cave 32 is a masterpiece of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The mutual teasing and frolicking between the flying stars, the relaxed spirit, the gorgeous colors, the exquisite composition and the unfathomable changes in the rhythm have all reached a very high artistic level. On the north side of the east wall of Cave 148, there is a huge music and dance performance team composed of 32 people. Two of them danced with towels in the middle, and the waves rippled in the pool next to them, with lotus flowers in full bloom and birds singing. This is the heyday of Buddhism, but it is also the reappearance of human music and dance performances, right? There is also a flying mural in Cave 25 in Yulin Cave, Shanxi Province. She holds a single string in one hand and flicks it in the other, and her movements are very natural, showing the unique charm of Tang Dynasty art.
Such a carefree and self-satisfied mode can be seen in the stone carving flying in the sky of the Toroni Classic Building in Kaiyuan handed down from the Tang Dynasty, and also in the music and dance copy of Eighty-seven Immortals Volume. The image of music and dance art in Tang dynasty is very particular about the direction of time and space, and the multi-angle spatial processing makes the rich spiritual level on the screen be displayed. On the west wall of Cave 158 in Dunhuang, there is a flying sky, which bends down and falls quietly, staring at the nirvana of Sakyamuni, full of sacredness. The art of music and dance in Tang Dynasty is also the art of making good use of props. Or towel, or drum, whatever can solidify the aesthetic pursuit of human beings is the best dance equipment.
The prosperity of music and dance art in the Tang Dynasty is the most exciting page in the whole history of music and dance art in China, and it also leaves the most exquisite artistic image in the history books. This point can be seen at a glance as long as we look at the posture of "bouncing pipa dance" in the music and dance picture of "Watching the Endless Life and Changing" in Cave 112 in Dunhuang.