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1 Dances of China An exploration of cultural dances from China

2 Different Types of Dances  Chinese Folk Dances XingJiang Drum Dance Taiwanese Folk Dance Kung-Fu Fan Dance  Traditional Chinese Dances Dragon Dance Feather Fan Dance Sword Dance

3 Costumes and Traditional Dress Lion Dance Rainbow DanceClassical Dance Mongolian Bowl Dance

4 Chinese Instruments  Sheng (pan pipe)  Di-Zi (flute)  Ruan (guitar)  Pipa (lute)  Yue Qin (mandolin)  San-Zian (banjo)  Jing-Hu (Peking opera fiddle)

5 Meaning of the Dance  Ceremonial – For praying to the Gods for bountiful harvests  Dramatic – for reporting and commemorating historical events  Martial – for demonstrating fighting techniques  Agricultural – for celebrating nature and work

6 Works Cited  Ncta.osu.edu/06/cols/Bucek-china2.pdf  en.epochtimes.com/news/7-3 30/53518.html  www.houstoncul.org/eng_culexg/c004.h tm www.houstoncul.org/eng_culexg/c004.h tm  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_dance

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