Where was the earliest documentary record in the history of dance in China found?

After the establishment of slavery, the Shang Dynasty in Xia Hou (BC 1600 ~ BC 1046) was a slave era ruled by theocracy, and every detail needed divination. A large number of Oracle Bone Inscriptions unearthed from Yin Ruins in Anyang, Henan Province are records of religious activities.

In these Oracle Bone Inscriptions, there are some records about dance. This is the earliest documentary record in the dance history of China. The word "dance" is written as shown in the above picture. There is also a record of "brave dance", that is, dancing while playing bravely. Dancing while playing musical instruments is a tradition in China. Today's waist drum dance, flower drum dance, clam dance and Lusheng dance are all such dances. There are also some glyphs related to mask dance in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, which historians think are "parallel". Other words with strange heads may be related to Nuo dance, which exorcises ghosts and plagues in later generations.