China’s excellent traditional culture is the spiritual root of the Chinese nation. It carries national values, aesthetic ideals and collective memory. Dance is a performing art based on the human body. So dance has become an important carrier of traditional culture. It inherits, transforms and activates traditional culture through body language. The so-called “activation” is not a simple copy of traditional cultural symbols. It is not a static display either. It is a way to take apart traditional resources and build them again in today’s art context. In this way, traditional resources get new meaning in our time. This article starts with body culture. It analyzes three dimensions: movement form, dynamic image and spiritual core. It shows how dance awakens traditional culture through the body. It also explores how traditional culture changes in today’s dance creation.