Another important component of the Chinese music and dance Culture is the religious dance. The religious dance originated from the Wu (Sorcery Dance of the primitive society. Based on primitive beliefs, the Wu (sorcerer) had a close relation with dance from its birth. Shuowen jiezi, an etymological dictionary by Xu Shen of the Han Dynasty, said that the original shape of the character "Wu" (dance) was an imitation of a person dancing with two long sleeves. Thus the character means a person who could communicate between gods and men through dancing. That's why Wu (sorcerer) and Wu (dance) were always connected. With the maturing religious consciousness, Primitive sorcery gradually evolved into primitive religion with relatively fixed rituals, in which dance was an important element. This was a general phenomenon in the development of traditional religions in various Chinese ethnic groups.