Characteristics of potshuang dance

The characteristics of potzhuang dance are: the dance is passionate, rough and unrestrained.

Introduction of Potzhuang Dance:

Potzhuang is a Tibetan folk dance. It is danced during festivals or agricultural leisure time, men and women form a circle, from right to left, singing and dancing at the same time. The "fruit table" - pot Zhuang dance, early Tibetan slave society and oath-taking activities, and later gradually evolved into a combination of song and dance, singing and dancing in a circle song and dance form.

Pot庄舞, also known as "fruit Zhuo", "song Zhuang", "Zhuo", etc., the Tibetan language meaning circle dance, is one of the three major folk dance of the Tibetan people, distributed in Tibet Chamdo, It is one of the three major folk dances of the Tibetan people and is distributed in Chamdo and Nagchu in Tibet, Aba and Ganzi in Sichuan, Diqing in Yunnan, and Tibetan-inhabited areas in Qinghai and Gansu.

Origin of the potshuang dance:

There is a legend about the origin of the potshuang dance. Legend has it that, in ancient times, people did not know what dance, all day long in addition to labor or labor, life is not a little joyful atmosphere. In Dazhunduo, there lived a rich toast, he had two slaves, one called string, one called pot Zhuang.

One day, the two slaves went out together, walked a long way, and found a beautiful lake, the string saw the special excitement, with the waves of the dance up. At this time, the sky sounded thunder, it seems that it is going to rain, pot Zhuang see this also with the churning clouds began to dance. In this way, they both danced to relieve their worries whenever they were tired and hard and bored.

Pot Zhuang Dance Style Characteristics:

In Tibet, the pot Zhuang to Chamdo pot Zhuang is the most famous, every festival, celebrations, wedding occasion, the square, courtyard, men and women gathered, in a circle, from right to left, while singing and dancing. Men wear fat pants, like eagles with thick hairy legs, and women take off their right arm and drape their sleeves behind their backs, floating and free.

Points of action:

Men and women stand on one side, holding hands in a circle, singing and class, usually led by the male start singing, singing loud and clear and penetrating, dance group and the song for the "fluttering hand trembling step" along the circle, when the lyrics end, the crowd of people together "ah! " (onomatopoeia) a call, suddenly accelerated speed, spreading arms side twisting waist big rub step jump up, waving both sleeves singing and dancing, running and jumping to change the action.

Especially in the case of men, the movement is larger, stretching arms like an eagle hovering and flying. Female action amplitude is smaller, point step circle like a phoenix wings dance, with fitness, bright, lively and other characteristics. Dance circle is usually placed in the center of barley wine, Hada, dance by the elders or organizers of the wine, Hada, brotherhood and sisterhood has been sublimated.