Sharang is the most characteristic Qiang group dance, which is called "jumping sharang" in Qiang. Men and women outside the female inside, around the campfire and column, and singing and dancing and spinning, shaking hands and shoulders, the body tilted, footsteps leaping, dance style is simple and rugged.
It is a unique representative culture of the Qiang people in China, and has been listed in the second batch of intangible cultural heritage in Sichuan Province. Shalang, originally a northern Qiang word meaning "singing and dancing", is an important means for the local Qiang people to entertain themselves and the gods. Shalang was later extended to song and dance, and expand the meaning of the word for the Qiang songs and dances of the general term.
The state attaches great importance to the protection and development of the intangible cultural heritage of ethnic minorities, and the Qiang people are no exception.512 After the earthquake, the Qiang Shalang has been published and distributed two "Qiang Shalang" audio-visual products, published a monograph, "Qiang Shalang", and published a number of essays and civil society organizations in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County - County Shalang Association was established.
The Qiang Salang is a typical minority art form of song and dance, which is widely circulated in the Qiang and its neighboring areas and Qiang-related areas. Whether it is a happy event or a sad event, whether it is in the field or in the courtyard, Shalang is as much a part of the Qiang people as salt is of bacon. With the progress and development of the times, Qiang Shalang continues to carry the traditions of the nation, and has developed into an important means and form of physical fitness, physical and mental pleasure, and promotion of communication for modern people.