The characteristics of Tibetan tap dance are as follows:
Tibetan tap dance is characterized by distinctive rhythms, neat movements, and enthusiastic and unrestrained dancing, unlike other ethnic folk dances, the biggest characteristic of Tibetan tap dance lies in its distinctive sense of rhythm. Tibetan tap dance pays much attention to the dancers' foot movements, kicking, jumping, leaping and stomping, etc., which are neat and unified. All dance movements should be closely coordinated with the complex rhythm, the dancers must accurately step on the point, neither drag, and do not rush forward, to keep the collective dance neat.
Tibetan tap dance is a fusion of song and dance, rap, playing as one of the folk song and dance art form, focusing on the foot movements and other movements of the close combination of rhythmic distinctive, passionate and unrestrained. Tibetan tap dance, the Tibetan language called "pile of harmony", the earliest mainly popular in the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo basin Lhazhi, Tingri, Sakya County, Angren, Rikaze and Ali area, and then gradually prevalent in Lhasa.
According to records, the Tibetan tap dance, as an ancient folk circle dance, has a history of thousands of years.
As early as in the nomadic and primitive farming period, people living in the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River basin, in order to bring more fun to life, in order to express the joy of labor, often get together to dance, the rhythm of the same, the dance step unity, or the labor process of the action of the dance out, or around the animal's movements into the dance, this is the earliest Tibetan tap dance, also called the This is the earliest Tibetan tap dance, also called "heap harmony".
It can be seen that life is the source of art, and all art comes from life. To the mid-seventeenth century, the Tibetan tap dance was brought by the Tibetan Theater Troupe to perform at the Lhasa Snowdon Festival, and the enthusiastic, lively and spontaneous style of the dance was liked by the Lhasa people, and began to be constantly promoted and gradually became popular.
The distinctive rhythm, neat movements and enthusiastic dance of Tibetan tap dance is the most realistic portrayal of the life and culture of the snowy plateau and its folk customs, which expresses the passionate, lively and cheerfulness of the children of the Tibetan land and shows the unique charm of Tibetan tap dance to the world.