Pot Zhuang Dance is an unaccompanied group dance. In Diqing Shangri-La, some places called pot Zhuang for "擦拉" (meaning play), in some places called pot Zhuang for "Zhuo" (meaning dance). It is with the development of the Tibetan people's production and life changes, therefore, the pot Zhuang dance with playing barley, twisting wool, feeding livestock, brewing and other labor songs and dances, songs and dances to celebrate the heroes, songs and dances to show the Tibetan customs and habits, men and women get married, the completion of the new house, welcoming the guests and other songs and dances.
Pot庄舞有古旧锅庄和新锅庄之分，古旧锅庄带有祭祀性性质，宗教界和老人大都比较喜欢此调，歌词内容和舞步形式等都比较古老，如《莲花生大师的诞生》，《建立桑耶寺》，《金碧辉辉的寺院》，《银光闪烁的王宫》，《福气财运降此地》，《丰收啊丰收》等，跳这种舞蹈时，只能唱专用歌词，不能改改。 When dancing this kind of dance, you can only sing special lyrics and cannot change them, and the dance is generally characterized by slow, steady, simple and solemn. The lyrics of the new potjang, dance are more flexible, more reflective of production and labor, and the development of agricultural and livestock production and business and trade activities, such as the "northern prairie", "white porcelain bowl in the gathering of the three colors", "in the gold dam above", etc., the new potjang is a favorite song and dance for young people. The steps of the potshuang dance are divided into two categories: "Guozhuo" (walking dance) and "Kuzhuo" (turning dance). "Guo Zhuo" is a single phase of the pace towards the left start, the left and right two feet **** lift seven steps for a section, so that the rounds start, from slow to fast, the number of steps remains unchanged, the dance is relatively simple, the participant jumps easy to learn, so the number of people is very large. The dance of "Kujuo" is diversified, and there are many kinds of dances, such as two-and-a-half-steps dance, six-steps dance, eight-steps dance, six-steps dance with beat, eight-steps dance with beat, monkey dance, and so on.
Diqing around the pot Zhuang dance due to different regions and each has its own characteristics. Deqin Benzilan pot Zhuang dance around the tune of low elegant, thick and bold, condensed deep, drag cavity more and long, like a huge wave undulation, dance posture stretching free, like the eagle spread wings. Shangri-La around the pot Zhuang dance tunes light and lively and bold, dance, the participants are bending over the shoulders, the dance began to smooth and slow, near the end of the action of small and rapid, fast changes, songs and dances are in a joyful and enthusiastic atmosphere at the end. Deqin's potlatch has a strict order from beginning to end, the general procedure is: Yiwa (potlatch prelude), central Zhuo (beckon potlatch), Si Zhuo (welcome potlatch), pile Zhuo (praise potlatch), Zongzhuo (meet potlatch), the main Zhuo or Zhangzhuo (farewell potlatch), Gua Zhuo (stay potlatch), Zazhi Ju (potlatch ending song), in addition to the prelude and the end of the song, each procedure of the potlatch has a number of tunes or dozens of tunes, but the jumping must be sung according to the procedure. According to the program to carry out, after jumping this way and then jump the next program.