Tibetan guowu

Tibet is called "the ocean of singing and dancing", and Tibetan compatriots are famous for their ability to sing and dance. Among them, Guo Zhuang dance is a well-known dance art form, which is deeply loved by people of all ethnic groups at home and abroad.

Guozhuang is "Guo Zhuo" in Tibetan, and its original meaning is "circle dance". Yue Ji, a draft of Qing history, is transliterated as Guo Zhuang, and some people call it Gezhuang. Li Xinheng, a Qing man, said in his Jinchuan notes that Tibetan people "like to dance in pots and villages" and described their dance forms as "men and women in groups, singing arm in arm" and "holding hands in a circle and flying their feet".

As far as dance style is concerned, Guozhuang can be divided into big Guo Zhuang and small Guo Zhuang. Daguozhuang is a ceremonial dance, mostly in temples and other places; Guo Zhuang Jr. is an entertainment dance, which can be danced anytime and anywhere, regardless of the venue.

As far as Tibet is concerned, there are three kinds of pots and pans: agricultural pots and pans (Tibetan "Yuzhuo"), pastoral pots and pans (Tibetan "Zhongzhuo") and temple pots and pans (Tibetan "Quzhuo").

The pot dance on Qiangtang grassland belongs to Guo Zhuo in the pastoral area. Every Chinese New Year holiday, the vast grassland in northern Tibet will sing and dance. The annual "Ji Ya" Festival, commonly known as the Horse Racing Festival, is held in northern Tibet every year. During the festival, Tibetan people gallop and shoot arrows during the day, and perform yak dance and reba dance. In the evening, I lit a torch and danced all night.

Guo Zhuang's typical movements in pastoral areas include holding his chest with both hands, jumping at his feet, turning left and right in the previous step, striding and jumping with his head down. Men and women act the same, but men act big and vent freely; Women's movements are small, subtle and lively. Among them, "flowers wrap around sleeves" is a major feature. It means that when a man dances, he takes off his robe, reaches out and pulls his sleeve tightly, and dances around it, which has a unique style.

Dance is an art form produced in labor, which is closely related to people's lives. Because the Qiangtang grassland in northern Tibet is in a pastoral area, most people live by grazing, so its pot dance has its own characteristics, with big arm movements and small foot movements.

In the northern suburb of Chengguan District, Lhasa, there is a song and dance troupe with the style of northern Tibet grassland-Tibetan Qiangtang grassland Quzha herdsmen pot dance troupe. The girls and boys danced the original northern Tibet grassland pot dance troupe.