Abstract: Jiang Weye’s Formosan Dance, the first Chinese symphony awarded the internal prize, which was awarded the special prize of the 11^th Berlin Olympic Music Contest in 1936, made him famous since then. The symphony established itself great status in the history of Chinese music. The symphony had been analyzed from the perspective of the musical structure, tonality and concord. The analysis of the symphony from the perspective of its rhythm was few, however. From the composer’s experience, the influence of the composing notion, composing behavior on the symphony was analyzed to know the hiding significance of the symphony.

Key words: composing theory, Jiang Wenye, Formosan Dance, idea of rhythm composition