Abstract: Yunnan folk dance is rich in resources. In the contemporary era when the public's attention to the national culture and the
concept of protection is increasing, Yunnan folk dance has got into the public's vision through various channels. However, in the stage
artistic expression such as creation and performance, in order to truly transform these dazzling folk gems into usable resources to
achieve an effective spread of national culture, we need to make the materials with national "personality symbols" in Yunnan folk
dances reflect the "commonality" of national culture, so as to realize the unified function and value of intentional meaning-textual
meaning-explanatory meaning among symbolic factors, and achieve a aesthetic balance of cultural communication and public identity.

Key words: symbol differentiation, Yunnan stage folk dance, deconstruct, construct