01177nas a2200145   4500000000100000008004100001100001500042700001000057700001200067245011400079300001200193490000800205520080400213020001401017                                       d1 aDequan Wan1 aY Hou1 aW Zheng00aGrowth in the Faith: an Anthropological Study on Excavation, Protection and Inheritance of Qiang Dragon Dance  a450-4540 v1193 aDragon dance of Qiang, deeply involved with primitive religious beliefs, especially the "dragon" totemism of the Qiang people, is the essence of the sacrificial culture of Qiang. It is the traditional art based on the high artistic and realistic nature, and combining music, dance, gymnastics, acrobatics, martial arts and others. This paper mainly uses the anthropology methods, such as field investigation, and participant observation, shows the "body symbol" of Qiang sacrificial dance and sports original ecology, and studies Qiang "dragon dance" and its cultural foundation and human environment, to explore its cultural origin and inheritance path, and provide a reference for the rescue, protection and inheritance of Qiang sports culture to meet the needs of contemporary social development.  a2352-5398