Potzhuang, the Tibetan language for the "Guozhuo", its original meaning is "circle dance". The draft of the history of the Qing dynasty - music, translated as "Guozhuang", the recent people also called "Songzhuang". Qing Dynasty Li Xinheng in the book "Jinchuan Zuoji", said the people of Tibet, "the popular dance pot Zhuang Jiahui", and described its dance form "men and women in a flurry, linked arms step song", "hand in hand into a circle, feet in the air! "
The dance of the potlatch is the first of its kind in the world.
In terms of dance style, the potshuang can be divided into large potshuang and small potshuang. The big pot Zhuang is a ceremonial dance, more in the temple and other places to jump; small pot Zhuang for recreational dance, regardless of the venue, anytime, anywhere can jump.
In Tibet, potshuang can be divided into agricultural potshuang (Tibetan "Yuzhuo"), pastoral potshuang (Tibetan "Zhongzhuo"), temple potshuang (Tibetan "Quzhuo") three kinds. "
There are three kinds of potsherds.
The Qiangtang grassland pot dances belong to the pastoral Gozuo. The vast grassland of northern Tibet sings and dances every New Year and festival. The annual "Yaji" festival, commonly known as the Horse Racing Festival, is held in all parts of northern Tibet. In the festival activities, the Tibetan people during the day horse archery, perform yak dance, Reba dance, etc.; night on the burning torches, all-night jumping pot Zhuang.
Typical movements of the pastoral potshuang are chest double unity hand, footsteps jumping, front pause step according to the left and right turn over, big stride, kneeling jump, etc. Men and women have the same movement, but the men's movement is the same. Men's and women's movements are the same, but men's movements are large and unrestrained; women's movements are small and subtle. Among them, the "flower around the sleeve" is one of its major features. It refers to the male dance off the body of the robe, hands stretched out tightly pull the sleeves, jumping around the sleeves, unique style.
Dance is an art form produced in labor, and people's lives are closely related. Qiangtang Grassland in northern Tibet is in the pastoral area, the people are mostly herding for a living, so the pot Zhuang dance has its own characteristics, such as arm movement amplitude is larger, the foot movement amplitude is smaller, etc.
The dance of the Qiangtang Grassland in Tibet is a unique style.
In the northern suburbs of Lhasa City District, there is a Tibetan grassland style song and dance troupe - Tibet Qiangtang Grassland Quzha herdsmen pot Zhuang Song and Dance Troupe, the girls and boys jumped is the original flavor of the northern Tibetan grassland pot Zhuang.