Pot Dance is enriched and perfected with the development of the production life of the Tibetan people. In the primitive religious beliefs, pot庄, fire is the place where the gods gather, is to maintain the fate of individuals and families. Dancing around the bonfire is the traditional form of the primitive clan crowd dancing around the fire, and people can get the call and blessing of the gods while passing their prayers and wishes to the gods through the dance. The real circulation of the potshuang dance in the Tibetan area is attributed to the development of Tibetan Buddhism. The establishment and existence of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, as well as the formation of monastic culture, provided a platform for the potshuang dance to display, giving the potshuang dance a new living space.
By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the art of dance had developed greatly, and various folk dances, such as the "Zhuo Dance" (also known as the pot Zhuang Dance), "Fruit Harmonization", "Heap Harmonization", and other forms are still circulating in the masses to develop. Zhuo dance of Chinese records are mostly found in the Qing Dynasty or after the Qing Dynasty in the historical books, books and travelogues. Qing people LiXinHeng "JinChuanZuoJi" also have Tibetans "popular like jump pot Zhuang dance JiaHui", "men and women in a flurry, even arm step song" records. The term "pot Zhuang Dance" also appeared at this time.
The potshuang dance is divided into "large potshuang dance" for large-scale religious rituals, "medium potshuang dance" for traditional folk festivals, and "small potshuang dance" for gatherings of friends and relatives. "There are several kinds of dances with different scales and functions. The Agricultural Potzhuang Dance is popular in the Chamdo region of eastern Tibet, while the Pastoral Potzhuang Dance (i.e. Herdsmen's Dance) circulates in the vast pastoral areas of Dangxiong, Heihe and Suo County. Chamdo is located in the east of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the intersection of Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan provinces, which is the center of Khamba culture, and also the birthplace of the famous "Panzhuang Dance". According to the lyrics and folklore of the Chamdo County Pot Dance, the Chamdo Pot Dance existed as early as the Tubo period.
The pot庄 dance mainly relies on the leg action, mainly embodied in the step, dodge step, wipe the leg, cross the leg, step on the leg and end the leg and so on, these actions are required to knee relaxation, trembling, its basic characteristic is the knee joints regular trembling and flexion and extension, and this trembling and there is a gentle and intense points. The movements of the upper body, however, are relatively few, and they all follow the movements of the legs to match the waving of the sleeves, and the movements of the legs are usually robust and powerful without losing their flexibility and versatility. The reason why this will be so with the Tibetan people's living environment is inseparable, we know that most Tibetans live in the high altitude of the Tibetan plateau, the plateau climate is harsh, cold, therefore, they need to wear a very thick Tibetan robes, which is not conducive to their good performance of their own body movements, in the cold environment people unconsciously formed the manic foot warming habits, and it is precisely because of this, the Tibetan people in the dance The Tibetan people have more leg movements in the dance.
As one of the folk dances, the potshuang dance is self-indulgent and self-indulgent, and it comes from the daily production life of the Tibetan people, and at the same time, it also expresses the people's praise and longing for a better life, and it is closely related to the life of the Tibetan compatriots in terms of the form of the dance. With the pot dance generally into people's lives, Tibetan culture continues to spread, more and more people understand the rich national culture, minority intangible culture is also gradually attention, into the art stage.
Every night, Xining City, Xining Plaza, the music sounded, people useful and happy dance steps in circles jumping, the night is slightly cool, but the people of life's beautiful longing but also spread out ......