"Guo Zhuo" is popular in a wide range of regions, different regions have different titles.
Sakya region called "Suo", Gongbu region called "wave" "wave strong", the northern Tibetan pastoral areas called "Zhuo" or "pot Zhuang". "or" pot Zhuang ".
"Guo Zhuo" is the ancient people around the campfire, pots and dance circle-shaped self-indulgent song and dance, which includes "anthropomorphic animals", expressed love and other dance vocabulary.
Agricultural and pastoral dance styles are different, each with its own characteristics.
When dancing, men and women stand separately, hold hands or shoulders, and the dancers take turns to sing and dance with each other, adding hoots and hollers from time to time, which is a distinctive feature of the original dance form of the Qiang ethnic group incorporated into the Fruit Harmony.
The movements are mainly swinging hands in front of the body, turning hips, squatting and turning, etc., which are lively and enthusiastic.
Pile of Harmony was first spread in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin in the high terrain of the circle dance west of Shigatse to the entire region of Ali, and then gradually prevailed in ***.
This is the earliest dance accompanied by the six-stringed zither.
The Heap Harmony evolved into the Tap Dance, a men's dance featuring tap steps accompanied by a small orchestra.
The traditional Pile Harmony is distinguished from other circle dances by the crossing of hands between men and women in front of or behind the body.
This is the same as the Qiang Sharang and the dance form in the frescoes at the ruins of the palace and fortress of the Guge Dynasty.
It can be seen that in the 10th century AD, there was already a Dui Harmonic dance.
The Harmony is also known as the String, named after the male dancer who leads the dance to the accompaniment of a stringed erhu or ox-legged zither.
In Tibetan, it is called "Ye" or "Kang Harmonious", and is popular in the *** Autonomous Region of Chamdo and Qinghai, Gansu and other places, especially in the Batang area of Sichuan Province, the most famous "strings".
The Tibetan areas of the "strings" in the same form, the movement of slow stretch, delicate and smooth.
"Zhuo Harmonization" and "Hot Bazhuo" are two representative dances of the Tibetan dance "Zhuo".
"Zhuo" to perform all kinds of circle "drum dance" is the main, which also has a primitive "animal dance" as the material, processed and organized by the formation of the performance of the dance.
In the whole dance of "Zhuo", it is characterized by singing but not dancing, dancing but not singing, and skillful performance is the main part of the dance.
"Zhuo Harmony" originated in ancient rituals For thousands of years, the continuation of the ritual activities, so that a variety of "drum dance" passed from generation to generation.
From the Rikaze region "big drum dance" lead dance "Zhuo Ben" on the attire, you can look for
to the ancient Tibetan ritual activities and traces of nomadic life.
It is particularly worth mentioning that the drum used in the "Big Drum Dance" of Sima Wangdui Township in Shigatse, known as "Sima Zhuo", is significantly different from the drums of other regions, and the drum is twice as large as the drums of other regions, and has a long wooden handle, slanting behind it.
The performance of "Chokhao Harmony" is divided into three sections, with songs interspersed in the performance, sung by all the dancers.
In addition, there is a "drum dance" with a large number of techniques and changes in formation.
The lyrics of the songs are now mostly based on the blessing of good luck and prosperity and happiness in life, and the ritual component is gradually weakened.
The Big Drum Dance is mostly performed at the time of festivals such as the Wangguo Festival.
***, Shannan and other regions of the "Zhuo Harmony" ***, Shannan and other regions of the "Zhuo Harmony" drum surface is small, the side of the system waist, no long wooden handle.
This "inspired" form has a long history, as early as the Tang Dynasty, the temple murals in the "Zhuo harmonic" image, in the Sangye Temple Princess Jin Cheng Hall mural "Sangye Temple inauguration celebrations," you can also see its elegance and "Zhuo Ben" posture.
"Reba" is a kind of "folk song and dance" bell drum dance "and have a certain plot" miscellaneous performance "of the trinity of the form of performance, spread in the *** Autonomous Region of Chamdo, Gongbu area and Yunnan Province, Tibetan-populated areas of Sichuan Province.
The "Hot Bazhuo", is a man and woman artists *** with the performance of the two "bell drum", now, people say "Hot Bazhuo" and "Hot Bazhuo", basically refers to one of the "bell drum".
The "bell drum dance" is "Zhuo" in a quite distinctive "drum dance".
In addition to the folk recreational dance, from the 15th century AD Kardan chapter of the dynasty, the Tibetan people began to have specialized in the royal palace performance of professional songs and dances.
For the Tibetan court and the upper nobility to appreciate the "Nangma", in the late 18th century, the eighth *** time, into the mainland music and dance in Jiangnan.
The dance consists of two parts, slow to fast.
With the advancement of time, Nangma has been added to and adapted, and is now presented on stage as a performance dance.
In addition, the Karma is a 'musical dance' performed by male children called 'Karma'.
It is mostly used to drive away evil spirits and to celebrate politics and religion.
From this dance accompanied by music, musical instruments and dance, costumes, "Gaer" was clearly affected by the Central and Western "music and dance".
Tibetan theater In addition to the folk dance introduced above, the dance in the long history of "Tibetan opera" is also worth mentioning.
The Tibetan Opera has a high melody, strong dance, and festival plays such as "Rangsar Girl", "Dhunyue Dhunzhu", "Suji Nyima", and "Zhuowasam" are very popular among the people.
In the *** built in the Tang Dynasty Da Zhao Temple Hall of the "temple inauguration celebration map" mural, there is a painted head wearing a white mask, holding a magic weapon theater man, is dancing while concentrating on the two by the human cloak dressed in animal skins, "yak!
This "temple inauguration celebration map" on the "play beast dance" image, not only that as early as more than a thousand years ago *** has been "play beast" performance, and through the various periods continue to this day, "white", "white", "white", "white", "white", "white", "white", "white", "white", "white", "white", "white" and "white". The "white-faced Tibetan opera" and its only traditional repertoire "Xiyongzhongz" (Tibetan meaning: Xiyong County yak fighting) has been a very mature program in the Tang Dynasty.
The picture shows the Yak Dance performed in the square in the 1930s.