Square dance is the largest system in dance art, named after gathering in the square, which integrates self-entertainment and performance, with group dance as the main performance form and fitness as the main purpose. Including Jiamusi dance, dam dance, sailor dance and so on. Square dance is a rhythmic dance that residents spontaneously perform in squares, dams and other open spaces for the purpose of fitness, usually accompanied by high-decibel and rhythmic music.

Square dance is spontaneously organized by the masses in public places. Most of the participants are middle-aged and elderly people, most of whom are aunts. Square dance is a dance created by non-professional dancers and belongs to the general public. Because of different nationalities, regions and groups, the dance forms of square dance are also different.

Square dance is a popular fitness dance with diverse dance elements, including national dance, modern dance, street dance and Latin dance. 2017113 According to the website of the State General Administration of Sport, the General Administration of Sport issued the Notice on Further Standardizing Square Dance Fitness Activities.

On April 6th, 2022, China Cultural Center Association issued an essay notice to start the editing work of "Square Dance Cultural Development Report (2022)", which is planned to be officially published and distributed within this year. This is the second blue book on the development of square dance culture released after the Report on the Development of Square Dance Culture (20 17).

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Dance is the oldest art form. Long before the appearance of human language, people used dance to exchange feelings and celebrate victory. In the long river of history, the people created and developed the square dance, which made this flower of folk art deeply rooted in the social life of the broad masses.

Great changes have taken place in the function and performance area of square dance. Since the founding of New China, the Party and the government have attached great importance to the construction and development of mass culture. Especially since the 1990s, the government has established many cultural squares in cities above the county level.

With the continuous progress and development of society, square culture, as a social and cultural phenomenon and an important form of square culture, has attracted more and more attention. Square dance is quietly undergoing tremendous changes. Square dance has entered the city from the countryside and has become an indispensable part of urban cultural construction.