Ritual dance of the Song dynasty was imbued with a Confucian spirit. Beginning in the Yuan dynasty, dance was steadily incorporated into the new operatic format, and pure dance fell into decline.
宋朝的禮儀舞蹈呈現儒家思想的精神，元朝以後舞蹈則化入當時新興的戲曲，純舞蹈逐漸式微。