原始舞蹈是人类原始文化的基本形态.在人类形成的初期,各种文化形态尚未发生,只有猿人遗传下来的本能舞蹈.其实这个时期的所谓舞蹈,和后来的舞蹈在本质上还是有着很大的不同的,它包括着武术、杂技与原始体育的成分,因此可称为“人体文化”.人体文化是人类文明的母体和先声,造型艺术史可以为证.不管是漠北的内蒙古阴山崖画,还是遥远南疆的云南沧源崖画,所保存的原始民族的文化遗存,都是这种以舞蹈、杂技、武艺、祈祷、祭祀为综合的人体文化的表现.从大量崖画,可以明确考订大约年代的甘肃秦安大地湾地画,以及青海大通县孙家寨出土的舞蹈纹饰彩陶盆来看,中国原始舞蹈大体可分四类:第一类,反映狩猎、农耕等生产劳动及有关的祭祀祈祷活 The primitive dance is the basic form of human primitive culture.At the beginning of human formation, all kinds of cultural forms have not happened yet, only the instinctive dance inherited from the ape-man.In fact, the so-called dance in this period and the later dance are essentially still very big Different, it includes the composition of martial arts, acrobatics and primitive sports, it can be called “human culture.” Human culture is the mother and forerunner of human civilization, the history of plastic arts can be evidence. , Or the cliff paintings of Cangyuan in Yunnan Province in the far south, the cultural relics of the primitive peoples preserved are all manifestations of this integrated human culture in terms of dance, acrobatics, martial arts, prayer and worship. From a large number of cliff paintings, In the Qing dynasty, Gansu Qinan Dadiwan painting and the Qinghai Datong County Sunjiazhai dance decorative pottery pottery view, the Chinese primitive dance can be divided into four categories: The first category, reflecting hunting, farming and other production and prayer of worship live