Centering around the relationship between the development of the sleeve and the sleeve dance, through the instances in ancient books and archaeological evidence in the early a ges such as, New Stone Age, Xia and Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Qin and Han Dynasties, this thesis tries to answer the following questions in order to explore the origin and changes of sleeve dance: When did'the sleeve as a part of clothes appear? What were the reasons that brought the connection between the sleeve and dance? As a tool, what kind ...