据《辞海》注:“傩,驱遂疫鬼”。在古代,人们对于自然现象和社会生活的认识知之甚少,征服自然灾害和疾病的能力很弱,往往寄希望于“神”的力量。为了驱逐疫鬼,祈求四季平安,产生了原始巫舞。这种原始的巫舞后来发展成为戴上面具来跳的傩舞。跳舞的人头戴假面,手执干戚等兵器,表现驱鬼捉鬼的内容。在《论语》一书中就有“乡人傩”的说法,大约在春秋战国时代傩舞就已盛行。在长期的历史进程中,傩舞逐渐向娱人方面演 According to “Ci Hai” Note: “傩, Driven Epidemic.” In ancient times, people knew little about natural phenomena and social life, and their ability to conquer natural disasters and diseases was weak. They often pinned their hopes on the power of “God.” In order to expel the epidemic ghost, pray for peace in the four seasons, produced the primitive witch dance. This primitive witch dance later developed into a mask dancing to the dance. Dancing people wearing masks, hand-Qi and other weapons, the performance of ghosts and ghosts content. In the “Analects of Confucius” there is a book “townspeople 傩”, about dance in the Spring and Autumn Period War 就 dance has prevailed. In the long course of history, 傩 dance gradually play to the entertainment side