Artistic characteristics of Tibetan folk dance

On the artistic characteristics of Tibetan folk dance

Tibetan folk dance is a kind of dance form that Tibetan people directly create art according to their own production and life experience in the historical development process of combining material civilization and spiritual civilization of their own nation, and inherit and spread among the masses. Below, I searched and sorted out the artistic features of Tibetan folk dances for you. Welcome to read and enjoy. I hope you like it. For more information, please continue to pay attention to our fresh graduates training network!

Tibetans are a nation with a long cultural history on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which highlights the combination of farming culture and grassland culture in literature, art, medicine and architecture. Therefore, Tibetan folk dance has distinct national and regional cultural characteristics, and with the careful design of the creator and improvisation of the performers, the national culture has absorbed new artistic nutrients in the process of social development, so its due functions and some cultural and artistic factors in the dance form have been preserved to this day, whether in the process of social development or in the process of mass aesthetic psychology.

First, the artistic characteristics of regional cultural and artistic heritage of ethnic minorities

The formation of Tibetan culture and art is greatly influenced by the regional natural environment, and it is also formed under the conditions of the national social structure, working life, religious beliefs, customs and habits, so it has different regional colors and style characteristics from other ethnic groups. Generally speaking, Tibetan folk dances can be divided into religious dances and folk self-entertainment dances. These two kinds of dances have rich and profound cultural connotations, graceful dance and unique dance style, which are the most typical in the inheritance of regional culture and art.

Since the establishment of Tibetan Buddhism, various dances with masks of gods have gradually appeared, which have absorbed a lot of Tibetan folk dance elements and become religious dances used by religion itself and religious believers to exorcise ghosts, pray for the afterlife and perform Buddhist stories.

Due to the geographical and environmental conditions of Tibetan life, on the basis of inheriting traditional cultural and artistic phenomena, festivals and sacrificial activities, many songs and dances with different forms and styles have emerged. In Qinghai, there are two kinds of Tibetan sacrificial dances that are the oldest and most common: they are danced in ritual activities held in monasteries of various sects of Tibetan Buddhism? Qiangmu? (Qinghai Han people commonly known as? Jump owe? ) and the large-scale folk sacrificial dance popular in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture? Rush? (divine dance). Tibetans are a people who believe in Tibetan Buddhism and can sing and dance well. There are many kinds of Tibetan dances, which are rich in content and have different forms. It can not only make people express their feelings in the joy of singing and dancing, but also gain the will to protect through its communication with the gods. In festivals, singing and dancing are almost always a form of offering sacrifices to gods and entertaining people, which pushes the festive atmosphere to a climax.

Due to the religious belief consciousness and working in the natural environment in the alpine region, the Tibetan people have formed their own unique life customs and modes of production, and these inherent personality forms are often shown in Tibetan dances, such as loosening hips, stepping, bowing and leaning slightly.

In the life of Tibetan people, dance is an indispensable content. The inheritance of this dance is the carrier of the inheritance of regional national culture and art. In the process of the formation of Tibetan folk dance, people's ideology and traditional concepts have been accumulated, and the cultural and artistic factors of the nation in different historical periods have been inherited. At the same time, through sacrificial ceremonies, religious beliefs, folk customs and other activities, it has continuously developed among the masses and gradually formed a vibrant art form.

Second, the artistic characteristics of mass entertainment

Folk dance is not only produced among the masses, but also taught and passed down directly among the masses, which is a typical feature of the masses' self-entertainment. It is common in Tibetan folk dances that in the process of entertaining themselves, the Tibetan people first associate the melody and rhythm of Tibetan folk music with the bold, free and easy, soft, vigorous, unrestrained and elegant, beautiful and moving movements of Tibetan folk dances, and express their yearning for a better life and praise for real life in the form of songs and dances. ? Zhuo? It is one of the typical mass self-entertainment dances. What is the most popular name? Guo Zhuang? Dance in a circle, for example: Yushu? Zhuo? Dance movements are mainly carried out around swinging sleeves, and performances are often attended by dozens or hundreds of people. The dancers' sleeves were so long that they all dragged on the ground. Men's dance has a large swing, beautiful and natural movements, free rotation of arms and large movements of legs. It is necessary to do large-scale jumps and movements such as lifting legs, lifting legs and turning around with the swing of arms, in coordination with the whole body. Sometimes rough and stretched, sometimes soft and smooth, and show your thoughts and feelings to the fullest. The whole dance is rhythmic and magnificent, which fully shows the masculine and handsome beauty of male dance. The movements of women's dance are soft and smooth, and the movements of swinging sleeves and feet are basically similar to those of men's dance, but the range is small, showing the characteristics of women's softness, gentleness and dignity.

? Zhuo? Dance has a broad mass base, and its rich forms of expression, unique style, exquisite skills and strong personality are well known to the masses. It has extensive representativeness and obvious typicality in Tibetan song and dance art, showing high artistic value. Simultaneously Zhuo? Dance has an ancient and profound cultural connotation.

Third, the artistic features of improvisation and adaptability.

Tibetan folk dance is a profound carrier of national history and culture. On the basis of inheritance, the masses have entertained themselves and gradually formed a state of adapting to the improvisation of the masses and facilitating learning, reference and participation. This improvisation and adaptability refers to improvising some dance movements after having a relatively stable form and fixed movements, combining the interests of the performers, so that the content of the performance is innovative. Like what? Reba? 、? Ray. 、? Is it soft? 、? Zhuo? All belong to this kind of collective folk dance, and the performances are generally more than dozens of people, which is suitable for folk self-entertainment occasions. Everyone dances with the rhythm of the music, and the movements are coordinated, smooth, light and subtle. They can participate in the dance at any time, or improvise, lively and imposing, and the scene is spectacular.

In Qinghai Tibetan folk dance, there are quite a few programs with folk customs as their content, among which the most common ones are? Zhuo? 、? Easy? 、? Is it soft? 、? Reba? Wait a minute. Rich in content and varied in dancing, it is an ancient folk self-entertainment song and dance, which is suitable for festivals, festive parties and various occasions of weddings, funerals and weddings. Dancers dressed in festive costumes and improvising are very popular among the masses, which is an indispensable art form of self-entertainment in the spiritual and cultural life of Tibetan people.

All these songs and dances, singing and dancing, are more relaxed and lively, improvisational, casual and easy to learn, because they have the prerequisite for the masses to entertain themselves and decorate the national and folk life with colorful and dazzling colors. This kind of folk dance has simple and beautiful tunes and light and comfortable movements because there are no strict program restrictions, and the emotions expressed are also highly related to the natural environment and psychological pleasure. There is no limit to the time and space for people to entertain themselves. They can perform in traditional festivals and express their feelings in the fields.

Song and dance have become an indispensable art form of self-entertainment in the spiritual and cultural life of Tibetan people. With the development of society and the change of people's ideas, the lively rhythm of Tibetan folk dance gives people a peaceful and harmonious aesthetic feeling, and also forms a genre of national dance style, which is the external expression of the inheritance, self-entertainment, improvisation and adaptability of regional national culture and art.

In a word, the inheritance of Tibetan folk dance is not only manifested in the choice and expansion of dance movements, but also in the inheritance and extension of self-entertainment, improvisation and adaptability of dance morphological characteristics.

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