The body expression of the symbolic meanings of primitive religious dance——The deconstruction and reconstruction of the cultural symbols of body movement in Naxi Ruanke Dongba dance HE Chun-yun1，NI Yi-ke2，GE Jin-run3，HE Li-juan3，ZHANG Li-xun3，HE Yong-jie3
（1.College of Physical Education，Yunnan University，Kunming 650091，China；2.School of Leisure Sports and Management，Guangzhou Sport University，Guangzhou 510500，China；3.Physical Anthropology Research Center of Lijiang Teachers College，Northwest Yunnan National Traditional Sports Research Center，Lijiang 674100，China)
Abstract: By applying the field investigation method, and by using Ruanke Dongba dance of Naxi nationality in the boundary area of Yunnan and Tibet as the research case, the authors verified and analyzed the law of development of dependency and interaction existing in between the symbolic meanings of primitive religious dance and primitive body movement forms through deconstructing and reconstructing the cultural symbols of body movement in primitive reli-gious dance, and revealed the following findings: there were inevitable connections between primitive religious belief and the symbolic meanings and body expression of primitive religious dance; the change of primitive religious belief from nature worship to ancestor and god worship promoted the change and development of the symbolic system and explicit body movement forms of primitive religious ritual dance from a single structure to a system, there was a close relationship of mutual dependency and bidirectional interaction between the cultural symbols of body movement in its basic constituent units and movement combinations as well as movement elements. Key words: sports anthropology；culture symbol of body movement；primitive religious dance；Dongba dance；body expression