Dance and Wushu in Chinese traditions

Dancing isn’t part of Han-Chinese traditions but Chinese minorities have a colorful dance tradition. Contemporary Chinese dance shows have drawn elements both from Chinese minorities’ traditions and abroad. The Soviet Union had a strong influence in the mid-1900s to development of Chinese dancing. Later influences have been taken from all over the world.

Martial arts have been developing from traditional meditation and weaponless self-defense to the sports that they are now. Nowadays some martial art forms are still used as a traditional way to meditate and to take care of one’s health. A newer development of martial arts is to use them as a performance. As a performance different martial art forms are mixed together to create a coherent show.