The Tang dynasty marked the apogee of Chinese dance, which was divided into yayue (court music and dance) for ritual worship and yinyue (banquet music and dance) for social occasions. It was also at that time that the dances of non-Han peoples began to percolate into China's Central plains.
唐朝則是中國舞蹈的盛世，分為祭祀的雅樂及宮廷的宴樂，邊疆及外國舞蹈也在這時大量傳入中原。