The waving dance is the primitive sacrificial dance of Tujia nationality. Where Tujia people live in compact communities, there is a "gallery" dedicated to waving dance, which Tujia people call the "waving dance hall". Laifeng county Shemi Lake, located by the Youshui River, is the hometown of waving dance. The ground of the "Hand Hall" is inlaid with stones, which is smooth and smooth.

There is a tall osmanthus tree or conifer tree in the middle. "Hand-shaking Hall", also known as "Shentang", is a place where ancestors are sacrificed. Every year from the third day to the fifteenth day of the first month, people will hold sacrificial activities here, and waving dance is the main content of sacrificial activities.

Men and women, old and young, high and low, all danced around the sound of gongs and drums. When dancing, one person practices drums and sings gongs, and everyone dances with them. The dancer's hands and feet move in the same direction at the same time, and they are opposite, kicking and waving, twisting and rotating, vigorous and powerful. The basic movements of dance are simple pendulum, double pendulum, rotating pendulum, three-and-a-half-step small pendulum, fork pendulum, moon-watching pendulum, horizontal small pendulum, big pendulum and small pendulum.

Overview of hand dance:

"There are thousands of people with red lights and lingering songs." "The underground palace is crowded with people, and * * * waves New Year greetings." This is a true portrayal of Tujia waving dance by poets in Qing Dynasty. Tujia waving dance, which originated in Youshui Valley at the junction of Hubei, Hunan and Chongqing, is not only the biggest folk cultural activity of Tujia, but also one of the remarkable cultural symbols that distinguish Tujia from other ethnic groups.

The rich historical and cultural information and vast cultural space carried by the waving dance show that it has the characteristics of the representative work of China's intangible cultural heritage and has irreplaceable outstanding value and significance in Chinese national culture.