What is Tibetan potshuang?

"Wabzhuang" is a folk dance of the Tibetan people. It is performed during festivals or agricultural leisure time, with men and women forming a circle, singing and dancing from right to left. Early with the Tibetan slave society and oath-taking activities, and later gradually evolved into a combination of song and dance, singing and dancing in a circle song and dance form. The qing shi zhu - music zhi" phonetic translation for "guo zhuang", modern times have called "song zhuang", only "wei zang tong zhi" said it is around the support pot stone pile and dance meaning. The Tibetan dance "in: before the kangding area, there is a commercial organization called" pot Zhuang ", this kind of business acquisition of native products, on behalf of the transit, with guest money, along the way to pass the Tibetan merchants often live here. At night, he Tibetan song and dance often in the courtyard of the open ground base stone support pot boil tea catch bad robes, after tea and dinner from time to time around the fire singing and dancing to drive the day's fatigue and fatigue, to maintain strong energy, adapt to harsh environments.

Pot Zhuang dance is an unaccompanied group dance. In the Diqing area, some places called the pot Zhuang "Zhuo" (that is, dance), some places called "rubbing pull" (meaning that play). It has a long history, dating back to before the 7th century AD. It has changed with the development of the Tibetan people's production and life. Therefore, the pot Zhuang dance has played barley, twisting wool, feeding livestock, wine and other labor songs and dances, songs and dances to celebrate the heroes, songs and dances to show Tibetan customs and habits, male and female marriage, the completion of the new house, welcoming guests and other songs and dances.

The potshuang dance is in fact a joyful dance, so whenever there is a happy festival, people will jump for joy regardless of age. Such as moving to a new house, wedding ceremony, the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, men and women of all ages to dance all night.

Pot庄舞有 "擦尼"(古旧锅庄)和 "擦司"(新锅庄)之分。 Rubbing is rumored to have been spread in Diqing in Tubo grandparents and grandchildren of three kings, reflecting the slavery society and primitive religious form, with the nature of the sacrifice. Most of the religious community and the elderly love rubbing Ni. Lyrics and dance forms are relatively old, such as "the birth of Master Lotus Sangha", "the establishment of the Sangye Temple", "the glorious temple", "silver glitter of the King's Palace", "fortune fortune down here", "harvest ah harvest," and so on. Dance this dance, can only sing special lyrics, can not be changed, the dance generally have a slow, steady, simple, solemn characteristics. Wipe the Division of the lyrics of the content, dance, etc. are more flexible, reflecting the production of labor, praise the development of agricultural and animal husbandry production and business and trade lyrics are more, such as "northern prairie", "white porcelain bowl poly three colors", "in the gold dam above" and so on.

The rubbing is the young people's favorite song and dance, young people through the rubbing in the lyrics of the metaphorical pairing to express with whom the pairing and so on. The lyrics of the potshuang dance (especially the rubbing) have a set of more rigorous and ingenious rules of prose and metaphor. The law of singing is to sing the sky must sing the sun, the moon and the stars, to sing people must sing the emperor, the Buddha and the wise man, and to sing the place must sing Beijing, Lhasa and the hometown. This fixed format is most prominent in the rubbing of the lyrics, rubbing the lyrics of the Division also uses this fixed format, but can be used flexibly, improvisation, play at will. There are many dance names for potshuang dance, i.e., song and lyrics, such as half-step dance, six-step dance, eight-step dance, monkey dance, shepherd's song, etc. In the Ruani dance, it is both a dance and a song. In Ruani Dance, it is both the name of the dance, but also the song and lyrics of the words. If the dance leader sings the tune of "Peacock Dance", the dance partners can only dance the dance of "Peacock Dance" and sing the traditional lyrics of "Peacock Dance".

The steps of the potshuang dance are divided into two categories: "Guozhuo" (walking dance) and "Kuzhuo" (turning dance). "Guo Zhuo" is a single phase of the pace of the left side of the start, the left and right two feet **** lifted seven steps for a section, so that the rounds start from slow to fast, the number of steps remains unchanged, the dance is simpler, participants easy to learn, so the number of people is very large. Kujuo's dance is diverse and varied. There are two-and-a-half-steps, six-steps, eight-steps, six-steps and eight-steps, monkey dance and so on. The young people love to rub the division, and the dance is usually performed in a circle with men and women separated, with their left hands on their shoulders. There is no limit to the number of people dancing clockwise. The upper body is bent forward, the knee trembling amplitude is larger, and there are more stomping movements, with the heel hitting the ground or hitting the boots. Men's hips sway to the left and right, hands swing with the body, women's left arm supports the waist or pulls the hand, and the right arm moves back and forth. There are more than ten sets of movements, such as walking in a circle, pressing the heel, monkey's foot, three steps and a flip, three kicks and a hook, peacock draught, and rabbit jumping.

The potshuang is danced and sung, mostly in question-and-answer singing competitions. In the traditional singing contest, whoever masters the traditional lyrics systematically and comprehensively will win. In the impromptu quiz competition, who is rich in imagination and sharp thinking, the victory belongs to who.