# Huteng

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Chinese term for a type of dance

[Sogdian](/source/Sogdia) *Huteng* dancer, [Xiuding temple pagoda](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pagoda_of_Xiuding_Temple), [Anyang](/source/Anyang), [Henan](/source/Henan), [China](/source/China), [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty), 7th century.

**Huteng** ([simplified Chinese](/source/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 胡腾; [traditional Chinese](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 胡騰; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *Húténg*; lit. 'Nomadic leap', also 胡腾舞, *Húténgwǔ*, "Dance of the Nomadic leap") was the Chinese term for a type of dance that originated in [Central Asia](/source/Central_Asia), especially among the [Sogdians](/source/Sogdians) and the region of [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent) (石國, Shíguó).[1] The dance was well known during the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty), and there are numerous depictions of it in works of art. The dance was characterized by spinning, leaps and backflips.[1] The dancers would particularly make somersaults, first planting their feet firmly on the carpet, tilting their face upward and arching their body, then lift their arms and jump backward to the sound of flutes and the [pipa](/source/Pipa).[2]

Another famous dance from Central Asia was the [Sogdian Whirl](/source/Sogdian_Whirl_dance) (胡旋, *Húxuăn*, "Whirling Nomads", also 胡旋舞, *Húxuănwǔ*, "Dance of the Whirling Nomads", sometimes rendered as "Whirling Nomads"[3][4] but known as "Sogdian Whirl dance" or simply "Sogdian whirl" to Western scholars[5]), in which a young woman was spinning inside a circle.[1] Also another one was the "Dance of the thorn branch" (柘枝舞, *Zhèzhīwŭ*).

These dances, part of the "Nomadic dances" (胡舞, *Húwŭ*) from Central Asia, [Serindia](/source/Serindia) and the [Persian Empire](/source/Sasanian_Empire), were extremely popular in China during the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty), especially in the area of [Chang'an](/source/Chang'an) and [Luoyang](/source/Luoyang).[1][6]

The representations of foreigners would turn more negative after the 8th century CE, following the revolt of [An Lushan](/source/An_Lushan), a Turco-Iranian rebel.[7]

## Gallery

		- [Indo-Scythian](/source/Indo-Scythian) dancers, [Buner reliefs](/source/Buner_reliefs), [Gandhara](/source/Gandhara), 1st-2nd century CE.

		- Left: a man holding a plate of fruits; right: a bearded man is performing the *Huteng* dance. Both figures have haloes. [Tomb of Yu Hong](/source/Tomb_of_Yu_Hong), 6th century CE.

		- Cave 220 “Hu xuan” dancer in mural from [Mogao](/source/Mogao).

		- Dancer. Pagoda of Syudin temple

## See also

- [Sogdian Whirl dance](/source/Sogdian_Whirl_dance)

- [Dance in China](/source/Dance_in_China)

- [Dunhuang dance](/source/Dunhuang_dance)

- [Iranians in China](/source/Iranians_in_China)

- [Tomb of Yu Hong](/source/Tomb_of_Yu_Hong)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SRE_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SRE_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-SRE_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-SRE_1-3) [*The Silk Road Encyclopedia*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UgOwDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT778). Seoul Selection. 2016. p. 778. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781624120763](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781624120763).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Trombert, Éric; Vaissière, Étienne de La (2005). [*Les sogdiens en Chine*](https://books.google.com/books?id=O44MAQAAMAAJ). École française d'Extrême-Orient. p. 96. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9782855396538](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782855396538).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-qiang_3-0)** Ning, Qiang (2004). [*Art, Religion, and Politics in Medieval China The Dunhuang Cave of the Zhai Family*](https://books.google.com/books?id=o62gkAg8WX0C). [University of Hawaiʻi Press](/source/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi_Press). p. 126. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780824827038](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780824827038).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-jeong_4-0)** Jeong, Su-il (2016). [*The Silk Road Encyclopedia*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UgOwDAAAQBAJ). Seoul Selection. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781624120763](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781624120763).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-furniss_5-0)** Furniss, Ingrid. ["Retracing the Sounds of Sogdiana"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210911180505/https://sogdians.si.edu/sidebars/retracing-the-sounds-of-sogdiana-sogdian-music-and-musical-instruments-in-central-asia-and-china/). *[Freer, Sackler - Smithsonian](/source/Smithsonian_Institution)*. Archived from [the original](https://sogdians.si.edu/sidebars/retracing-the-sounds-of-sogdiana-sogdian-music-and-musical-instruments-in-central-asia-and-china/) on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [*China Archaeology and Art Digest*](https://books.google.com/books?id=9fEUAQAAIAAJ). Art Text (HK) Limited. 1997. p. 3.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Cosmo, Henry Luce Foundation Professor of East Asian Studies Nicola Di; Cosmo, Nicola Di; Wyatt, Don J. (2005). [*Political Frontiers, Ethnic Boundaries and Human Geographies in Chinese History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Y1mQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135). Routledge. p. 135. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781135790950](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781135790950).

## External links

- [Huxuan dance (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7iSKMbjPz4)

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