What are the main dances of Shang Dynasty?

In Shang dynasty, there were mainly sacrificial witch dances, also known as sacrificial dances.

Shang dynasty map

The dance of Shang Dynasty is recorded in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. There are several kinds of dances recorded in Oracle Bone Inscriptions: Li dance, also called Dai dance. This is a kind of sacrifice or rain-praying and New Year's dance. It was explained that when dancing this kind of dance, the dancers should hold the oxtail in a circle, and the oxtail should be passed from dancer to dancer in turn.

Sacrificial dance

These dances are all sacrificial witch dances, and like the witch music in Shang Dynasty, they are all arts serving the ruling class. Witchcraft dance should be danced or led by wizards, because wizards are responsible for divination and sacrifice, and it is their full-time job to entertain the gods with music and dance. So in Shang Dynasty, witchcraft was dancing.