Waving his hand and waved his hand two. Small hand, the Tujia language called "Sevbax (Sheba)" or "Sevbaxbax (Shebaba)"; big waved, Tujia language known as Yevtixhhex (). It sets the dance art and sports fitness in one, there is the "Oriental disco," said.
Waving Dance reflects Tujia people's production and life. Such as hunting and hunting dance performance imitate animals activity attitude. Including "catch the monkey", "pheasant tail drag", "rhinoceros watching the moon" and "Eagle grinding flash wing", "hop toad" more than and 10 movements. List of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in china.
Waving activities generally in the "hand hall" or "hand Ping" or "King Temple" held. Where hundreds of households, are built with the hands of the church, and some also have row floor, stage, etc.. Laifeng Shemihu, river, and Youyang county and the existing waving hall ruins. Qianlong twenty-eight years compilation of the "Yongshun Prefecture?" custom set: "each village has Baishou hall, also known as the ghost hall, that is late tuguan Yin yashu. Every year is the beginning of the three month until the seventeen day, men and women together, singing and dancing, the customs still called him." Tongzhi nine years editing the "Longshan County" records also said: "the local people match our homeland of God, the old hall said waving hall, a toast for tablets, Chen feels ashamed, to both men and women into the evening, group. For Bi, Phi five perianth Kam Ming Zheng song, singing and dancing, drumming, but the number of Xi Naizhi. The period or the first month, or March, or in May. When men and women dance song with each other, so that the advance and retreat, waving." It can be seen that there is a relatively fixed performance time and venue
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