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Title
Daxia
大夏
Subject
Chinese cultural dance
Description
Daxia is part of the yayue traditional dances in ancient China. This dance is made in honour of Yu the Great and venerates the mountains and rivers. Before Yu the Great, there were accounts on the substandard conditions people had to live in. After the rule of Yu the Great and he helped cure the water crisis, people performed Daxia in honour of his work.
Relation
Chinese Imperial dance
Cham dance
Tiaoqian
Shaman dance
Cham dance
Tiaoqian
Shaman dance
Chinese Cultural Dance Item Type Metadata
orignal date
Western Zhou dynasty
Popular Time
After the rule of Yu the Great
Stylistic Origins
Zhou dynasty
Chinese
Chinese
Culture Origins
Chinese
Yayue
Yayue
Main Participants
general public
Yu the Great
Yu the Great
Purpose
honoring Yu the Great
venerating the mountains and rivers
venerating the mountains and rivers
Dress Code
leather hat
no upper clothing
white short skirt
no upper clothing
white short skirt
Typical Instruments
Yue (an instrument made of tied up bamboo sticks)
holding a feather
holding a feather
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