作为民俗学的一个分支,舞蹈民俗学有着自己的学术任务、学科归属、研究方法和研究价值。它是以民间舞蹈为研究对象,从民俗学角度展开的对于舞蹈形式、舞蹈与民俗之间多重关联进行研究的交叉学科。笔者以土家族摆手舞为例,提出身体是记忆历史与文化载体的观点。这一做法也构成了舞蹈民俗学的一个研究视角。 As a branch of folklore, dance folklore has its own academic tasks, discipline attribution, research methods and research value. It is an interdisciplinary subject that studies folk dance as the object of study and from the angle of folklore to study the multiple connections between dance form, dance and folklore. Taking Tujia nationality waving hand dance as an example, I put forward the viewpoint that the body is the carrier of memory history and culture. This approach also constitutes a research perspective of dance folklore.