Crane dance is an ancient folk dance that spreads in Jining city.

Its original form belongs to the category of prop dance. Prop crane is made of bamboo. Its long neck, wings and tail are covered with white silk, and then decorated with ears symbolizing feathers. During the performance, an actress, hidden in a prop crane, was called "White Crane Fairy".

Crane generally refers to the red-crowned crane (a kind of crane), with a body length of about 160 cm, a wingspan of 240 cm, a weight of about 7000- 10500 g, almost pure white body, bare and featherless head and scarlet body. The forehead and eyes are slightly Kuroha, the ear feathers behind the eyes are white to the pillow, and the cheeks, throat and neck are black; The second and third flight feathers are black, and the third flight feather is long and curved into an arch, covering the tail.

Therefore, the tail is black when standing, but it is actually a three-level flight feather, while the tail, primary flight feather and whole body feather are all white, which is very obvious when flying. The mouth is very long, light green and gray, and the neck and legs are also very long. The long and curved flight feathers between wings are black, and the whole flight feathers cover the tail when standing, which often makes people mistakenly think that it has black tail feathers. Both men and women are similar.