Main features:
1, rich in content and wide range of subjects
The "Blue-faced Tibetan Opera" developed on the basis of the White-faced Tibetan Opera is not only rich in content and wide range of subjects, but also inherits and preserves the folk dance forms such as the "Bumar" which existed in the Gugu Dynasty. and other folk dance forms. Folk square dance into the programmed Tibetan drama, but also cited the Tibetan people's favorite folk music, so that the Tibetan opera circulated in the Tibetan folk long lasting.
2, beliefs
In order to conform to the beliefs of the Tibetan "worship of many gods", people in the sacrificial rituals, created the use of a variety of gods masks, and contains a large number of Tibetan folk dance components of the program dance. This ritual dance was later adopted by the prevalent Tibetan Buddhism Yellow Sect, called "Qiangm", popular in Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and other provinces and districts believe in the Yellow Sect of the vast areas. The dance of Qiangm is mostly mixed by the Animal Dance and the Dance of the Dharma Vessel. In the performance, very little singing, the atmosphere is solemn and solemn.
Categorization of Tibetan Folk Dance
There are many kinds of Tibetan folk dances in Qinghai. Divided from the form of song and dance, basically can be divided into "folk song and dance" and "religious dance" two categories. Can also be subdivided into "harmonic", "Zhuo" "hot bar" and "Qiangm" and other categories. Where the song and dance-based collective self-entertainment circle dance, generally known as "harmony"; and in the circle song and dance, with a strong performance of the collective dance, is generally known as "Zhuo". In addition, in the performative "Zhuo", you can often see various "drums" as a dance tool for the dance.