《山海经·海外西经》:“刑天……乃以乳为目,以脐为口,操干戚以舞。”这是古籍对“持干戚武舞”较早记载。同类名称及相关事象在其他典籍中也时见记载,或称“干舞”、“戚舞”与“武舞”、“战舞”、“大武舞”等。作为远古时代重要宗教文化事象,干戚之舞源远流长。从史前时代直到东周末期,干戚之舞占据中国宗教“舞台”历时数千载,具有深厚的民族体育文化底蕴和时代气息,尤其在夏商周的礼乐文明进程中更显得举足轻重。“持干戚武舞”在神话意蕴中,是战争之神生命不息、顽强抗争的精神表征,而在宗教义理层面,则是合巫术军事舞蹈与宗庙祭祀 “Shan Hai Jing · Western Welfare”: “Xing Tian ... ... is the milk for the purpose of the umbilical mouth, Qi Qi to dance.” This is the ancient books on “holding Qi Wu Wu” earlier recorded. Similar names and related events are also recorded in other books, or “dry dance”, “Qi dance” and “Wu dance”, “war dance”, “Wuwu dance” and so on. As an important religious and cultural phenomenon in ancient times, the dance of Qi and Qi has a long history. From the prehistoric time until the end of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the dance of Qi and Qi occupied thousands of years of Chinese religious “arena”, with a profound national sports cultural heritage and atmosphere of the times, especially in the process of Li and Yue civilizations in Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. In the mythological connotation, “Holding Qi and Wuwu dance” is the spiritual representation of the endless and stubborn struggles of the god of war, while in the aspect of religious justification, it is the combination of Wushu military dance and sacrificial service