"Wude"Dance and Evolution of Ancestral Temple Dance in the Han Dynasty
The early Western Han Dynasty created the temple dances and formed a system that temples presented both the dances created by former emperors and the special dances created to praise the virtues of former emperors.The dances in the Western Han Dynasty were of different sources,either adapted from the dances of predecessors or newly created.In order to establish its own legal system,the Eastern Han Dynasty made some changes to the temple dances.During the reign of Mingdi,Liu Cang and other high-ranking officials reviewed the temple dances of Guangwudi and decided that the general name of the temple dances should be"Dawu",including the three dances of"Wen Shi","Five elements"and"Wude".The chapter"Poetry of Wude Dance"written by Liu Cang refers to the special temple dances of Guangwudi.The newly choreographed Guangwudi special temple dances named after the"Wude"were initiated by Mingdi to establish the legal system of the Eastern Han Dynasty and distinguish it from the Western Han Dynasty.The system of joint sacrifice of the Guangwudi temple created by the"Yongping Sacrificial System"made the subsequent emperors after Mingdi no longer create new special dances but share the dances of the"Wude"temple dance of Guangwudi.However,the system of creating special dances to praise the achievements of former emperors still exists since the Western Han Dynasty,and the special dances of the later emperors after Mingdi were only replaced by the"Wude"temple dance of the Guangwudi in actual situations.
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