“巫术说”作为舞蹈起源的假说之一,迄今依然能在世界各地许多原始舞蹈和民间舞蹈当中看出其端倪。中国的民族民间舞蹈拥有悠久的历史,巫术元素在不同的民族舞蹈当中都有所体现。这些带有原始巫术意味的舞蹈深刻体现了本民族的文化和历史,而且通过时而恐怖时而虔诚的舞蹈再现了原始先民通过巫术来娱神、驱鬼、治病、求雨、丰收等心愿,充分表现出原始巫术的功能。文章选取了几个有代表性的民族中的巫术舞蹈——藏族的羌姆、蒙古族的查玛以及满族的萨满舞,对其巫术观念、舞蹈特征和社会风俗方面进行叙述,以说明巫术元素在少数民族意识观念和生活艺术方面的重要价值。 One of the hypotheses about the origins of dance, Witchcraft, so far has been able to discern many of the original dances and folk dances around the world. China’s ethnic folk dance has a long history, witchcraft elements in different ethnic dance are reflected. These primitive witchcraft dances profoundly reflect the culture and history of their own nation, and recreate the primitive ancestors to entertain God, exorcise ghosts, cure diseases, seek rain, harvest, etc. through the sometimes horrifying and devout dances Wish, fully demonstrated the original function of witchcraft. The paper selects witchcraft dances from several representative ethnic groups, such as the Tibetan Qiang Mu, the Mongolian Chama and the Manchu shaman dance, and narrates their witchcraft concepts, dance features and social customs. Explain the important value of witchcraft elements in ethnic minorities’ consciousness and life art.