毛古斯舞是湘西土家族最古老的舞蹈,它产生于土家族祭祀仪式中,记录了父系社会初期至五代时期“酉溪人群”的渔猎、农耕等生产生活、婚姻习俗情况,以及原始湘西人的生存繁衍状况,溯源着中华文明的历史,被中外学者们称是“中国民族舞蹈的最远源头”“中国古代戏剧舞蹈的活化石”。毛古斯舞是一种具有人物、对白、简单的故事情节和一定表演程式的原始戏剧舞蹈,它以近似戏曲的写意、虚拟、假定等艺术手法,表演土家先民渔、猎、农 Mao Tuosi is the oldest Tujia dance in western Hunan. It originated from the Tujia ritual. It records the production, fishing, hunting and farming activities of the “Unitary People” from the early patriarchal society to the Five Dynasties and the customs of marriage. The original living and reproduction of the Xiangxi people, trace the history of Chinese civilization, Chinese and foreign scholars have been called “the farthest source of Chinese national dance” “Chinese ancient theater dance of living fossils.” Mao Gu Si Dan is a kind of original drama dance with figure, dialogue, simple storyline and certain performance program. It performs performances of Tujia ancestors fishing, hunting and farming