Folding Tibetan Songs and Dances
Traditional folk songs are the crystallization of Tibetan folk literature, which use metaphors, associations, anthropomorphisms and other techniques to describe the lives of the Tibetans, their customs, their relationships with men and women, or their historical stories. Tibetans are bold and heroic in nature, and they tend to dance to the climax of their songs, thus forming the Tibetan songs and dances in which there are songs and dances. "Jumping fruit harmony" is the most common Tibetan group dance, men, women and children hand in hand in a circle, to the beginning of the Dundi, foot for the rhythm, singing and dancing, in the past, jumping fruit harmony have men and women gathered on one side of the custom, but now it has been mixed together. "Jumping strings" is also a group dance, young men and women in the huqin accompanied by **** dance, the content of more than a narrative of men and women's love or rural field work. "Zhuo" and "hot bar" is belong to the more skillful, vigorous and strong Tibetan song and dance, "Zhuo" popular in southern Tibet, the dancers waist tie drums, while beating the dance; "hotba" popular with the Tibetan East and Chuan, Yunnan area, by a man and a woman **** dance, male hand-held brass bells, female one hand grasping drums, one hand holding a mallet, dancing around the circle Brahmaputra.
Folding Tibetan Opera
Tibetan opera is called "Ajiram" in Tibetan, and it is a comprehensive art combining song and dance, dowry and drama. Tibetan opera is said to have originated in the fifteenth century, and developed after the seventeenth century. Traditional Tibetan opera performances do not have a specific stage, set, generally more in the city, the village square will be sung up, the actors in the square in a half circle, their turn to perform when they come out, and the rest of the time in the ranks as and sound to help the voice. Because it is an outdoor performance, Tibetan opera singing more high-pitched loud and clear, and the word sound pulled a long time, the formation of drag cavity. The basic structure of Tibetan opera is to perform a dance after the singing. The wearing of masks is a major feature of traditional Tibetan opera, and Tibetan opera masks are chic and lifelike. There are two main types of masks: flat masks for the roles of gods and human beings, and three-dimensional masks for animals such as yaks and dogs. The performances of Tibetan opera are generally divided into three parts, namely, "Winbarton", "Xiong" and "Zhaxi". The "Winbadon" is the prologue, the "Xiong" is the main content of the performance, the main play, and the "Zhaxi" is a short fund-raising ceremony after the main play. The themes of traditional Tibetan opera are mostly religious, with Buddhist scriptures, historical stories and myths and legends, such as "Princess Wencheng", "Zhuo Hua Sangm", "Prince Nuosang", "Rangsha girl", "Suji Nyima", "White Horse Wenba", "Dunyue Dunzhu", "Chimei Rolling Deng" for the famous eight Tibetan opera. Tibetan calendar from the end of June to the beginning of July Snow Festival (Tibetan Opera Festival), is the highest tide of Tibetan opera performances in a year, the Tibetans are gathered in Rinca, while eating sour cheese, while watching the Tibetan opera.
Folding ethnic legends
There is a rumor that Tibetans only bathe three times in their lives, the first time when they are born, the second time when they get married, and the third time when they die. Nowadays, people who have been to Tibet know that this is obviously nonsense, but it can be seen that, as with the customs of the various ethnic groups in the Mainland, birth, marriage and funeral are also the most important three major events in the life of Tibetans.