中国民间舞要发展创新,其前提是要继承,继承的前提在于保护,而保护的前提则是认知其本质。本文从民间舞的信仰支撑点、实践语境中的表演、生活方式、非国家同质性的选择能力、身体记忆与记忆、以及底边社会属性及方面粗加分析,希望就此对中国民间舞的本质有所辨识。所举个案为保存了千年的被称之为“活化石”的赣南傩舞。 Chinese folk dance to develop innovation, the premise is to inherit, the premise of inheritance is to protect, and the premise of protection is to recognize its essence. This article from folk beliefs support point of dance, practice context performance, lifestyle, ability to choose non-national homogeneity, body memory and memory, as well as the bottom of the social attributes and aspects of rough analysis, I hope this Chinese folk dance The nature of the identified. The case cited was a thousand years old Gannan dance known as “Living Fossil”.