Tibetan - Guo Xie

Guo Xie is a kind of self-entertainment collective song and dance that spreads in the vast rural areas of Tibet, where people hold hands in a circle, sing in groups, sing and dance, pause on the ground for a festival, and dance with arms and legs together for self-entertainment. Commonly found at village heads, squares, and wheat fields. During festivals, people often dance from sunrise to night and sing from late night to dawn. "Guo Hue" expresses a wide range of contents: some criticize the old system, some sing about working life, some describe natural scenery, love for hometown, and some express love. Due to the influence of the idea of ????"Unity of State and Religion", the past "Fruit Harmony" also contained content praising religious lamas and monasteries. After liberation, singing about the Party, Chairman Mao, the People's Liberation Army, and the new socialist life became particularly prominent. Because "Guo Xi" is popular in the vast rural areas, some people call "Guo Xi" a rural song and dance in Tibet. The jumping method of Guo Xie? is to start with a heavy beat, change three steps, and pause on the ground; when jumping, the knees to the soles of the feet land hard, solid and steady, with a clear rhythm, and its basic characteristics are to express the passionate emotions of the collective. This kind of dance can be found all over Tibet, and it is famous for its "Guo Xie" in Shannan area. Its dance structure and complete form of expression are roughly as follows:

During the festival, a vat of highland barley wine is placed on the venue. People dance in circles around the wine vat. Men and women stand on each side and sing in separate classes. , walking in circles from left to right.

When the lyrics came to an end, "Xie Ben" (the organizer of the song and dance team) took the lead in calling "Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu", saying that "Xie Xiu Xiu Xiu" is the beginning of the song, the opening dance steps, and "Xie Xiu Xiu Xiu". "Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu" or "Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu" or "Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu" or "Xi Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu" or "Xi Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu" or "Xi Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu", or she held hands together and shouted "Ajia Hey! Now the next Ren, Song Jiayue La!", dancing in time with the rhythm. This kind of cry is like shouting in Chinese: "One, two, three, four, jump together!". Because there are so many people dancing in folk harmonies and they generally do not have accompaniment instruments, it is difficult to dance in an orderly manner in a group. Individual harmonies play a role in stimulating emotions and dancing together in an orderly manner. After dancing the song, there is a fast song and dance. The man dances a section, and then the woman follows suit, creating a lively scene of a male-female dance competition. After the jump several times, it was shouted by? Harmony? Take a break? Or say a while to a unified pace of jumping, so as to push the dance to the climax, *** ended at the same time. This kind of jumping method for co-writing allegro words is called "harmony rest", which is the coda and ending step. For example, there is an allegro in the song "Lanjikaren" from Shannan area: "Ajia Hey! No other place is as beautiful as my hometown, no other house is as comfortable as my home, and no young people are happier than us." , no one is happier than us. ?Jumping while talking, and after finishing speaking, they all shouted "Hugh, huh, huh, huh, huh?" The meal is over.