| （1.Research Center for Physical Anthropology，Lijiang Teachers College，Lijiang 674100，China；2.National Constitution and Health Research Center，South China Normal University，Guangzhou 510006，China) Abstract: The authors conducted several field investigations into Naxi Dongba dance and funeral dance, and did an empirical study by means of movement analysis in sports anthropology, and revealed the followings: the cultural symbol of Naxi funeral dance moves is characterized by “arms and body integrated” and animal imitation, the spe-cial body culture heritage remained in the migration history tradition of the Diqiangxi nationality; under the influ-ence of totem reproduction worship, Naxi ancestors freed their hands from “arms and body integrated” funeral dance, developed finely imitable individual animal imitation witchcraft; the appearance and development of ances-tral spirit and gods worship promoted the transformation of Naxi funeral dance into Dongba dance.
Key words: Dongba dance；funeral dance；Naxi nationality；field investigation |
