Dance There are two popular Guozhuang dances in Gongbu Jiangda County: "Po" and "Guo Xie".

"Po" is also called "Gongbu Po" in the Gongbu area. When singing, they hold hands and form a circle. Men and women sing in harmony, divided into two parts, slow and fast. The dance movements include the "shooting step" that simulates a bow and the "leaping" of a bird spreading its wings.

"Step" etc.

"Guo Xie" is when people dance around a wine vat or a bonfire. Men and women stand on one side and sing in separate groups, starting from left to right in a circle; then the "Xie Ben" (organizer) takes the lead in dancing "Xie Ge" (singer).

, and then entered into a fast collective singing and dancing, heavy beats and dances, with a distinct rhythm and pauses.

The "Gengqiangmu" dance (a type of "Qiangmu" dance, "Geng" means God's messenger or servant, "Qiangmu" means dancing to God) is popular in Cuogao Village within the territory. It is usually performed every three years.

It is performed on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the Tibetan calendar; "Gengqiangmu" is divided into two types: "Zhabu" and "Xiwa". "Zhabu" is cheerful and enthusiastic, while "Xiwa" is steady and bold. The two are interspersed during the performance; the performance program is divided into three

In the first section, the king and his servants appear, the second section is divided into nine sub-sections, and in the third section all the audience comes on stage to sing, dance and drink with the actors.

Opera Before 1959, the Tibetan operas performed in the territory were mainly square operas without accompaniment, with only a drum, a cymbal and human voices as accompaniment.

Later, certain reforms and developments were gradually carried out in singing, script, dance, masks, etc.

Among them, the Juemulung sect has more innovations, with lively and cheerful performances, colorful singing and dancing, and unique style. It has the greatest influence and spreads among the various sects. It is also the most common and popular Tibetan opera genre in Gongbo Jiangda County.

Folk songs in Gongbu area are mainly love songs, drinking songs and labor songs.

Love songs include "Deep Love", "Doubts", "Never Change the Heart", "Fish and Water Love", "Missing", etc.; drinking songs are different for different objects, such as "Good Luck Sees Good Luck", "Mother", etc.; labor songs include "Song for Building a House".

"The Sun on the Earth", "The East Is Red", "Joyful", "Flock of Doves on a Cold Night", etc.; other categories of folk songs include "Four Sacred Mountains", "Baoshan Mountain", "Fine Wine", etc.

Folklore myths and legends circulated in Bujiangda County mainly include "King Gesar", "The Story of Tashi and Dolma" and the legend of the three wonders of the island in the center of the lake: "Peach Holding Pine", "Hata Sinking to the Bottom" and the Zodiac Tree.

; Folk poems mainly reflect the life and spiritual outlook of the working people in the new era, such as "Production during the day and meetings at night", "Singing the General Line", "Chairman Mao's Thoughts Will Always Shine on Our Hearts", etc.

Food industry The staple food of farmers and herdsmen in Bujiangda County mainly consists of noodles and tsampa, and they drink butter tea in the morning.

Dairy products include cheese, yogurt, milk residue, etc.

Make air-dried beef and mutton at the end of November in winter.

During the New Year and festivals, it is made into "simmered" food with high-quality ghee, fresh fine milk residue and brown sugar.

The famous delicacies mainly include barbecued Tibetan pig, beef soup dumplings, matsutake chili sauce, "Pangong" (covered meat), "Qurui" (boiled beef and mutton, added with shredded cheese, tsampa and condiments), "Pasamaku"

"(milk residue, ghee, brown sugar mixed into gnocchi), wheat scones, buckwheat cakes, Tibetan pork sausages, beef marrow soup, sashimi, boiled beef tongue, grilled lamb chops, Qingqing beef soup (Qingqing grass beef stew)

, flat rice oil tea, etc.

Clothing In the county, except for the herdsmen in Nyangpu, Jiaxing and Jinda who wear the clothing of the Nagqu pastoral area in northern Tibet, all other areas in the county wear workcloth Tibetan clothing, and there are various traditional festival costumes.

Men wear "Gongbu Jiaxia" hats made of fox fur or felt, as well as earrings, gold rings and gold-plated bracelets, while women wear "Sanglin Xiamu" made of brown Pulu or colored satin, gold and silver earrings, necklaces and Ga

Wu (Buddha box), tied with a silver belt, silver chain and silver bell, which makes a sound when walking around.

The main Tibetan costumes are "Guxiu", "Quba" (Tibetan robe) and "Salsa" (lamb robe).

"Ancient show" was originally a dress worn by serf owners and hostesses. After the democratic reform, it entered ordinary people's homes. It is divided into men's and women's styles, without collars and sleeves.

"Salsa" is perfect for winter.

There are two types of men's Tibetan shoes, "Nazu" and "Dasong", with fine workmanship.

Housing Before the democratic reform in Tibet, serfs lived in stone and wood bungalows, where humans and animals lived together.

After the democratic reform, farmers and herdsmen lived in Tibetan-style blockhouses made of rubble, mostly with two floors. The upper floor contained people, living rooms, bedrooms, sutra halls and bathrooms, and the lower floor housed livestock.

The herdsmen in the area west of Jiangda originally lived in yak tents. They moved into herder settlements in the 1990s. The roofs of the houses are flat. The roofs of Jiangda Township and the east are more rainy and have a "herringbone" roof.

Ritual work: Tibetans in Bujiangda County have the habit of offering hada during various festivals and on occasions such as visiting elders, seeing Buddha statues, exchanging messages, and bidding farewell to long journeys.

Kowtowing is generally performed before Buddha statues, pagodas and living Buddhas. It can be divided into long, short and ringing heads.

Drinking tea is a daily etiquette. After guests enter the room and sit down, they must wait for the host to bring the butter tea to them before taking it and drinking it.

When visiting other people's homes during festivals, the host holds wine in both hands and delivers it to the guest. The guest flicks his fingers three times to show respect to heaven, earth, and himself. The guest takes a sip, and the host refills it once, three times in a row, and drinks with the last breath.

Finished, that is, "three sips and one cup".

The vast majority of farmers and herdsmen in Gongbu Jiangda County celebrate the Tibetan New Year, a traditional Tibetan festival, which lasts from the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the Tibetan calendar.

The Spring Sowing Festival (Sowing Festival, Sowing Trial Festival) is held on an auspicious day in the first month. Young men and women in costumes lead the cows, help the plow, fertilize, sow seeds, and pray to the land god to bless the crops. Afterwards, the villagers drink, sing and dance.

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