Chapter 89 Xiao Wu

Xiaowu is the second most important of the six music and dances in Zhou Dynasty Gagaku, after the "Six Music".Because Liu Le is also called "Da Wu", these six music and dances are called "Xiao Wu". "Zhou Li·Chunguan·Musician" said: "Musicians are in charge of the administration of national studies to teach the country's sons and small dances. There are ordinary dances, there are Yu dances, there are Yu dances, there are Huang dances, there are Yan dances, there are dry dances, and there are dances. .” These six little dancers are actually distinguished by the dance tools used by the dancers, and their uses are also different.

Pie dance uses colored ribbons as dance tools to sacrifice to the country; Yu dance uses feathers of variegated birds as dance tools to worship ancestral temples; Huang dance uses colorful bird feathers as dance tools to pray for rain; The yak tail is used as a dance tool for sacrificial activities in Piyong (Tai Xue in the Zhou Dynasty); the dry dance uses a shield as a dance tool and is used for sacrificing mountains and rivers; The stars, one said to worship the ancestral temple.