Guozhuang Dance

Guozhuang Dance is the most popular style of dances in Jiuzhaigou. According to Tibetan historical records, in the 3rd Century B.C., people went crazy about dancing everywhere in Tibet. It originated from the form by which they danced around a campfire all the time. And this dance has been with the Tibetan nationality throughout their history.

Guozhuang has three kinds: Temple Guozhuang, Pastoral Guozhuang and Farm Guozhuang. The Temple Guozhuang event is organized for religious purposes in temples or monasteries, or for greeting and sending-off the Living Buddha. It is solemn of strong religious implications, through which, believers dance in honor of the Living Buddha, grateful for their expected bliss in their afterlife. The Pastoral and Farm Guozhuang are enthusiastic, unrestrained, and somewhat complacent. It is organized for festivals and big occasions when men wear loose trousers dancing like an eagle spreading its wings; women expose their right arms dancing with the right sleeve waggling behind. Moving around a circle, they sway their joined hands frontward and backward, keep beats of their steps, until very late at night.

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