Abstract: Throughtheinspectionandresearchon"DanceonTrayandDrum"andtheculturalbackgroundofitsemergence,we couldontheonehandseekthehistoricalreasonfortheformationofitslanguageandaesthetics,itsculturalconnotationandspiritof thetime,andontheotherhandexplorethehumanityenvironmentandevolutionaryfoundationderivedfromthedance.Thus,abase couldbeestablishedfortheactionlanguageandculturaltraditionthatcanbeborrowedforthecontemporaryre-emergenceofancient danceart.

Key words: HanDynasty, DanceonTrayandDrum, acrobatics, theDanceofChu, sleevesupandwaistdown