During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the cultures of the western regions, including religions (such as Nestorianism and Zoroastrianism), costumes (such as lapels and narrow sleeves of Hu clothes), diets (such as Hu cakes and scones), paintings, songs and dances, music and musical instruments, were introduced into Chang 'an. Music mainly includes Qiuci music, Tianzhu music, Shule music and Anguo music. Musical instrument dancing has also become popular. The famous "Huteng Dance" comes from Shiguo; Liu Yanshi's poem "Wang Zhongcheng's House Watching Hu Teng at Night" said: "There are few Hu people, so you have to squat and dance. Li Duan's poem "Hu Tenger" said: "Everything in the circle is in a hurry, it should be a festival, and the backhand is like a bright moon. There is also "Hu Xuan Dance", from Guo Kang; Bai Juyi's New Yuefu Hu: "Hu, leave a comfortable nest. String songs with sleeves raised, snow fluttering and dancing. Turn left and right, never tired. Unearthed tri-color paintings in the Tang Dynasty include maiko figurines in dancing clothes, and murals in the tombs of the Tang Dynasty also include dancers dancing with open arms.
Hu Xuan dance is a famous dance of northwest ethnic minorities.
In the Tang Dynasty, the Governor's Office of Kangju was established in Guo Kang (now Uzbekistan and Samarkand) in the western regions. Bai Juyi's "Hu Xuan Slave-Poem" mentioned that Hu Xuan slaves left their comfortable homes, and "The Book of the New Tang Dynasty and Biography of the Western Regions" also recorded that the factory had sent Hu Xuan slaves to the palace at that time.
In Chang 'an, it became the wind for a while and became the most popular and fashionable Hu dance at that time. Therefore, Hu Xuan Dance was originally a dance with national characteristics from Guo Kang and other places. "The Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Biography of the Western Regions" says: "A healthy person, one day at the end of Samui, also known as throwing a sword, Yuan and Wei are so-called people who know ten thousand catties. It is about 0/50 Li north of the city in the south, more than 0/00 Li from Caoxi/Kloc-in the northwest, 0/00 Li from Mibai/Kloc-in the southeast and 50 Li from Caozhong in the north. In the south of Mishui, there are 30 big cities and 300 small castles. Your surname is Wen, and you are from this month. He began to live in Zhaowu, north of Qilian, and was later destroyed by Turks. Just south of the green ridge, it is called a place. " According to the report, Guo Kang "likes drinking, singing and dancing", and I am particularly fascinated by Hu Xuanwu.
Bai Juyi wrote a long poem "Hu Xuan Dance", which vividly showed the posture and expression of Hu Xuan's daughter: Hu Xuan's daughter, Hu Xuan's heart should be harmonious, and her hands should be drummed. String drum-sound double sleeve lift, dancing with your back to the snow. Turn left and right, never tired. There is nothing like human beings. The wheels are slow and the whirlwind is late. At the end of the Song Dynasty, he thanked the emperor again, and the emperor was slightly embarrassed. Hu out, out of the Shu family, came to Wan Libai. ………
According to Hu's poems, he dances quickly in drum music, like snowflakes dancing in the air and like grass dancing in the wind. Even the speeding wheels feel slower than her, even worse than the rapid whirlwind. Left and right hands, tireless, thousands of turns. Turning around so fast, the audience can hardly see her face and back, which highlights the characteristics of Hu Xuan's dance. Hu Xuan dance is a folk dance handed down from the comfortable residence in the western regions. According to the textual research of Wei Yuan, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, in Wu Shengji, "part of Kazakhstan is nomadic, chasing weeds, and it is an ancient and comfortable residence". It can be seen that Hu Xuan dance written by Bai Juyi is a dance of Kazakh girls with national characteristics.
Dance is beautiful because of movement, and the heart flies because of dance.
Dances in the Tang Dynasty are mainly divided into two types: healthy dance and soft dance. Healthy dance mainly shows the beauty of vigorous; Soft dance mainly shows the beauty of softness. Hu Xuan dance belongs to healthy dance. Hu Xuan dance is characterized by lightness, rapid rotation and distinct rhythm. Hu Xuan Dance got its name because it had to spin rapidly and constantly when dancing.