Guizhou Volume: Tiaoyue (Dancing to the Moon) of the Miao Ethnic Group

Dancing to the Moon is a dance of the Miao ethnic group in Changtianxiang and Baijinzhen of Huishui County in Guizhou Province for sociality and choosing spouses. From the third to the thirteenth night of every first lunar month every year, people are dressed up beautifully in a festival type and gather on the spacious ground to do this dance with the number of dancing people from several dozen to over one thousand. Each dancing team is led by a young man who blows lusheng (a reed-pipe wind instrument) and is followed by female dancers.

In performing this dance, the male dancer in rich and constantly changing movements with his torso swinging to his own paces while his legs respectively half-squatting and sidewise stretching which twist the torso naturally. The females dance with handkerchiefs swinging in their
hands, dresses swinging, and silver decorations on their dresses ringing, which display the special charm of women of the Miao ethnic group.

  Xinjiang Volume: Kalajiaoleha (Black Walking horse) of the Hazak Ethnic Group

Kalajiaoleha is the most representative folk dance in the daily life of the Hazak ethnic group and widely popular in the congregated residences of the Hazak people in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Kalajiaoleha means a "black walking horse" in the Hazak language. As a Hazak ancient proverb goes: " Song and horse are the two wings of the Hazak people."

The male dancer's movements are brisk and forceful in an unrestrained and humorous manner while the female is graceful and elegant and lively, and her dance well combines her inner feelings and facial expressions.

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