An Initial Exploration On The Singing And Dancing Of Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty is a transitional period of Chinese society, during which Chinese feudal economy came to the peak of its development while the capitalism began to burgeon. With the expansion of the city, citizen estate grew up into the dominance of the society. The art of singing and dancing reflourished to meet the increasing demands of the citizens,The singing and dancing of Han people boomed in all aspects with the confirmation of their power; The play became prevailing; the traditional opera represented by Kun Qiang was developed; The singing and dancing for holiday celebration related with the custom activities prospered and then reached the peak of its development. The singing and dancing of Ming Dynasty falls into different categories, such as: holiday celebration of Han people, court performance, frontier, and traditional opera. A series of theories on singing and dancing came into being. "The art of dancing" put forward by Zhu Zaiyu was one among them. Zhu Zaiyu had a systematic research in the art of dancing.His demonstration of the relationship between the music and dancing, and innovative idea of composing archaized dance music with a complex music feature of the past and present have profound effect.The singing and dancing of Ming Dynasty plays an important part in the development of the concurrent related art forms domestic or foreign. It's the highlight in the Chinese traditional singing and dancing history or even in the world music history and thus deserves the attention.