Harmonious dance

? "Axie Dance", also known as "Da 'aga" in Tibetan, originated from the ancient Tibetan labor songs and is a traditional folk labor dance loved by Tibetan people, with strong national style and local characteristics. Widely spread in Shannan area under the jurisdiction of Xizang Autonomous Region, China, it has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is one of the unique "fruit harmony" dance forms in Shannan region.

? "National Association" is a transliteration in Tibetan, where "country" means circle and "harmony" means dance. "Fruit harmony" is popular in village squares and threshing floors in the vast rural areas of Tibet. It is an ancient folk song and dance that amuses itself. There is no musical instrument accompaniment (accompanied by string bells in some areas), and men and women are divided into classes in response, singing and dancing, one after another. People who grew up in the countryside can dance "fruit harmony" under the influence of "fruit harmony" songs and dance steps from an early age.

? "Axiong Dance", as a kind of "fruit harmony", not only inherits the characteristics of song and dance, but also gradually adds rhythmic upper limb movements, in-situ rotation and formation transformation in the evolution of labor, which better combines productive labor with national song and dance and becomes a labor song and dance form in which men and women alternate and sing and dance.

? "A" in "A Harmony" and "Aga" in "Da Aga" both mean "white material" in Tibetan, which refers to Aga soil, a unique building material in plateau. This special soil is usually used to build roofs and floors of buildings. The process of compacting aga soil and gravel to build a roof or ground is called "aga".

Tibetan people who are good at singing and dancing have developed the habit of improvisation through long-term labor. In the process of making "Aga", collective coordination and cooperation are needed. Singing not only plays the role of beating time, but also makes heavy mechanical manual labor easy and lively, which not only improves labor efficiency, but also keeps workers in a good mental state and reduces physical consumption.

Harmony dance is a change of daily playing movements. From the formal point of view, "A Xie" belongs to the labor song and dance art, and there is no special performance costume, but from the content point of view, "A Xie" is a very hard physical labor. Not only that, in the process of making "Aga", it is necessary to keep watering to keep the Aga soil moist. Work is full of dust and mud, and people's hands and feet will be covered with mud with repeated actions. Therefore, people usually wear life jackets, and even need to wear masks, rubber shoes, high boots, or tie a long blue apron around their waist.

The prop of "Ahe Harmony Dance" is a labor tool when playing "Aga"-"Bordeaux", which is usually also called "Aga Stick". It is made by passing a small round slate with a width of five centimeters and a thickness of two centimeters through the middle, and then inserting a wooden stick with a length of about one and a half meters. When the "Aga stick" falls uniformly on the wet roof, it will make a "bang, bang, bang" sound, just like a natural percussion instrument singing.

? ? Tibetans have always been a nation that can sing and dance well. The earliest Tibetan dance was primitive, mainly reflecting labor and religion. With the development of dance art, music is added to dance, and costumes, props and dance beauty are used to enhance the expressive force and appeal of dance.

The performance and artistic form of "playing aga" not only contains the history of national culture, but also retains the characteristics of national spirit. Ashe Dance, through the form of China folk dance, persistently shows the simplest but deepest folk labor spirit. At the same time, it also makes more appreciators realize the roots of national culture and the endless vitality of national folk dance.