Tibetan folk dance is mostly in the form of song and dance. As people wear long-sleeved "chuba" (Tibetan robe) in daily life, the dance adds the beauty of "Yishunbian"; and the pious religious mentality renders many religious colors to the dance. In addition to the aforementioned temple dance "Qiangm", typical dances include: "Harmony", "Guozhiharmony", "Zhuo", and "Reba". and "Reba" and so on.
"Harmony" (the meaning of song and dance): also known as "Ye", commonly known as "strings", to the Sichuan Ganzi "Batang strings "The most typical, belonging to the agricultural area of the dance form. Its dance and the Dunhuang Mogao Caves mural "Zhang Zhichao patrol map" of the ceremonial battle, several Han Chinese women flicked the long sleeve dancing image similar to see the history of Sino-Tibetan cultural exchanges far away. "Fruit Day Harmony" (meaning "circle song and dance"): circulated in Tibet, Rikaze, Shannan and other places.
Participants in a large circle, with the leader of the song and dance, along the clockwise direction. "Zhuo" (meaning "dance"): commonly known as "pot Zhuang", is circulating in the pastoral areas, semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral areas of the song and dance forms. Its dance names, tunes and movement styles vary from region to region. Performers reflect their religious psychology through dance. "Reba": The word "Reba" means "wandering artist" and is the name given to the form of its performance.
"Trembling", "open", "smooth", "left", "around" is a variety of different types of Tibetan dance *** with the same characteristics, or known as the Tibetan dance of the five elements, thus constituting it differentiated from other fraternal dance aesthetic concepts. The formation of these five elements, is with the Tibetan people's historical conditions, social system, customs and beliefs, geographical environment, mode of production, cultural traditions, etc. has a close connection, is a long time in the people's masses in the aesthetic standard.
In addition to the main features of the Tibetan dance, there is also the most basic "three steps and a change", "backward and forward step", "inverted foot rolling", "four foot", "four foot", "four foot", "four foot", "four foot", "four foot", and "four foot". "and "four-step turn" **** the same law. On the basis of this ****same law, different variations are produced, which, together with the operation of gestures, the rhythm of the waist, and the difference in music, constitute different styles of dance.
The dances of the Shannan region of Tibet are characterized by a strong labor atmosphere, distinctive rhythms, and steady footwork. The Pile Harmonization was first spread in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin, a circle dance in the entire region from Shigatse west to Ali, and then gradually flourished in Lhasa. This is the earliest dance accompanied by the six-stringed zither. Zhuo harmonic" originated in ancient rituals, thousands of years, the continuation of ritual activities, so that a variety of "inspired by" generations.
Traces of ancient Tibetan ritual activities and nomadic life. In particular, it is worth mentioning, known as "Sima Zhuo" in Shigatse Wangdui Township, Rikaze region, "big drum" used in the drum, and other areas of the drum is significantly different from the drum, the drum shape of the drum is twice as large as the drums in other areas, and with a long wooden handle, slanting inserted in the back.
In addition to the folk dance introduced above, the dance in the long history of "Tibetan opera" is also worth mentioning. Tibetan opera tunes high, strong dance, in the white face of the Tibetan opera on the basis of the development of the "blue face of Tibetan opera", not only rich in content, a wide range of subjects, and inherited and retained in the Guger dynasty has been the "Buma" and other forms of folk dance. 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.
In order to meet the Tibetan "multi-god worship" faith characteristics, people in the sacrificial rituals, created the use of a variety of gods only masks, and contains a large number of Tibetan folk dance program dance components. This kind of sacrificial dance was later adopted by the prevalent Yellow Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, and was called "Qiangm". The Qiangm dance is a mixture of the Animal Dance and the Dance of the Dharma Vessel. In the performance, very little singing, the atmosphere is solemn and solemn.
Every major religious festivals, Lama Temple will be held "jumping god" activities. In the oboe, python tube, trombone, drums and cymbals, performers wearing masks, holding weapons or weapons, dressed as the gods lined up around the field for a week, the opening ceremony. Each dance has a certain religious content. Sometimes also perform "give up their bodies to feed the tiger" and other Buddhist stories and performance of charity, long life and wealth of the "Longevity Dance", "crane dance" and so on.