我国的舞蹈艺术起源甚早,早在新石器时代已经产生。弓箭发明后,人们从中发明了最初的弦乐。而我国不少猎取禽兽的拟声工具,如鸣笛、鹿哨,它们对管弦乐的发明有一定的影响。仰韶文化的陶埙,河姆渡文化的骨哨,也都是有节奏的乐器。音乐的产生促进了舞蹈的发展。最早的舞蹈是模拟式的,如仿效狩猎中禽类的飞跃,野兽的奔跑或装扮成各种动物的形象。《尚书·益稷》描述上古时期化装舞蹈的情况时说:“鸟兽跄跄,箫韶九成,凤凰来仪”。“予击石拊石,百兽率舞”。这就是原始社会氏族图腾舞蹈的情景。后来,逐渐增加了抒情的内容,如欢呼猎人凯旋归来或是表达节日的欢乐都要跳舞。1973年青海大通上孙家寨出土的新石器时代的红陶盆,内壁绘一周彩带,上面画有十五个跳舞的人,分三组,翩翩起舞,姿态真切优美,生动地反映了 The origins of our country’s dance art are very early, as early as the Neolithic Age. After the bow and arrow was invented, people invented the first string. However, many of our country’s quasi-acoustic tools for hunting beasts, such as whistles and deer whistles, have a certain impact on the orchestral invention. Yangshao Tao Tao Tao, Hemudu culture of the whistle, are also rhythmic instruments. The production of music has promoted the development of dance. The earliest dances were analog, like the leap of birds in hunting, the running of beasts or the disguising of animals. “Shang Yi Yi Ji” Describe the ancient costume dance situation, said: “birds and animals 跄 跄, Xiao Shao Jiucheng, Phoenix to instrument.” “To rock stone, animal dance rate.” This is the primitive society clan totem dance scene. Later, the content of lyricism was gradually increased, such as cheering hunters triumphant return or the joy of expressing the festival must dance. In 1973, the Neolithic terra cotta pottery unearthed at Sunjiazhai in Chase, Qinghai Province was painted with a week-long ribbon on the inner wall. There were fifteen dancing people drawn in three groups, dancing gracefully and vividly and vividly