Pingwu Huya Tibetans fight yaks
"Pingwu Huya Tibetans fighting yaks" is a performance of Pingwu Huya Tibetans when they entertain themselves by "dancing Guozhuang". Huya Tibetan Township is a relatively remote ethnic minority township in Pingwu County. It has high mountains and dense forests, ravines and gullies, steep terrain and cold climate. It once had a majestic pass similar to Jianmen, "Huya Pass". Huya Tibetans are a branch of Tibetans that are quite different from Baima Tibetans in terms of living habits, but closer to Songpan Tibetans. Most of the villages of Huya are built on the hillside, and there is a village dam in the village. On festive days during the New Year, Huya Tibetans will dress up here, dance Guozhuang and fight yaks in a circle, and often a team will be pulled into one or two hundred people. "Fighting yaks" is somewhat like the lion lantern of the Han nationality. Two people wear a yak skin and dress up as a yak, and the two "yaks" fight each other for fun. Huya Tibetans' "fighting yaks" have a kind of primitive and rough beauty. After a round of shouting, two yaks ran into the arena from their respective sides, staring at each other with their big round eyes, stiffening their necks and pointing their sharp horns straight at each other. Their hooves dug into the ground, raising dust, their noses humming, and exhaling thick breaths. The two yaks stared at each other and danced around the arena. They looked for each other's weaknesses and planned a fatal blow. The weaker one was defeated and ran around the arena with its tail between its legs. The victorious one chased after it with its tail standing up proudly. One group of people was tired of fighting, and the other group of young men had been waiting eagerly for a long time, so they changed their clothes and started fighting more fiercely and shouting again. Behind the two yaks was a group of dancing girls, wearing blue cloth gowns and large cloth sun hats, holding hands, singing and shouting "oh, oh" to cheer. Outside was the crowd of people dancing Guozhuang and watching the excitement. "Yak Fighting of Huya Tibetans in Pingwu" is a performance form of self-entertainment of Huya Tibetans in Pingwu. It is a form of national culture and has important value for studying the development and evolution of national culture and regional folk culture. "Yak Fighting of Huya Tibetans in Pingwu" has unique forms, vivid and beautiful images, and a distinct national style. "Yak Fighting" shows the courage of Huya Tibetans to face difficult life, their indomitable strong character and optimistic spirit, and is very artistic and ornamental. "Yak Fighting of Huya Tibetans in Pingwu" is a performance content of "Jiao Guozhuang" for self-entertainment of Huya Tibetans in Pingwu. Huya Tibetans are a branch of Tibetans with a large difference in living habits from Baima Tibetans and closer to Songpan Tibetans. The villages of Huya Tibetans are mostly built on the hillside, and there is a village dam in the village. When it comes to festive days, Huya Tibetans will dress up here, pull up circles to dance Guozhuang and fight yaks, and often a team will be pulled into one or two hundred people. "Yak fighting" is somewhat similar to the Han Chinese lion lantern. Two people wear a yak skin and dress up as a yak. The two "yaks" fight each other for fun. Tiger Tooth-'s "yak fighting" has a primitive and rough beauty. After a round of shouting, two yaks ran into the arena from their respective sides, staring at each other with their big round eyes, stiffening their necks, and pointing their sharp horns straight at each other. Their hooves dug the ground, raising dust, their noses hummed, and they exhaled a stream of heavy air. The two yaks stared at each other and danced around the arena. They looked for each other's weaknesses and planned a fatal blow. The weaker one was defeated and ran around the arena with its tail between its legs. The victorious one chased after it with its tail standing up triumphantly. One group of people was tired of fighting, and the other group of young men had been waiting eagerly, so they changed their clothes and started a more intense fight and shouting again. Behind the two yaks are a group of dancing girls wearing blue cloth gowns and big cloth sun hats. They hold hands and sing while shouting "oh, oh" to cheer. Outside are people dancing Guozhuang and watching the fun. "Yak Fighting of the Tiger Teeth Tibetans in Pingwu" is a form of self-entertainment for the Tiger Teeth Tibetans in Pingwu. It is a form of national culture and has important value for studying the development and evolution of national culture and regional folk culture. "Yak Fighting of the Tiger Teeth Tibetans in Pingwu" has unique forms, vivid and beautiful images, and a distinct national style. "Yak Fighting" shows the Tiger Teeth-the courage to face difficult life, the indomitable strong character and optimistic spirit, which is very artistic and ornamental. Props: "Yak Fighting of the Tiger Teeth Tibetans in Pingwu" must have more than two "yak skins". The method of making "yak skins" is similar to the "lion skins" of the Han people, which consists of a yak head, a yak tail and the "yak skin" in the middle. The yak has real yak horns on its head; the yak tail is also made of real yak tail. The "yak skin" in the middle is decorated with blankets and other fabrics. Costumes: The costumes of the other dancers are all Huya's daily wear. Men wear fox fur hats and full-collared Tibetan robes, with red, green, yellow, blue and white lace on the collar and hem; the robes are mostly black, white or dark purple, and the right arm is often exposed. A long belt is tied around the waist and tied at the back. The legs are wrapped with woolen woven 毪子 leg wraps. Women wear large cloth hats with interlayers, white on the top and blue on the bottom; they wear full-collared long shirts with collars, mostly in cyan blue, and often wear a black vest or cotton vest over the shirt. A white rectangular apron is tied at the bottom. A belt is wrapped around the waist and linen leggings are wrapped around the legs. Sometimes women also wear men's clothes. "Pingwu Huya Tibetans Fighting Yaks" is a performance content of Pingwu Huya Tibetans when they entertain themselves in "Jiao Guozhuang". The Huya Tibetans are a Tibetan branch that is quite different from the Baima Tibetans in terms of living habits, but closer to the Songpan Tibetans. The villages of the Huya Tibetans are mostly built on the hillsides, and there is a village dam in the village. During the festive days of the New Year, the Huya Tibetans will dress up here, dance the Guozhuang and fight yaks in a circle, and often a team will be pulled into one or two hundred people. "Fighting yaks" is somewhat similar to the lion lantern of the Han nationality. Two people wear a yak skin and dress up as a yak. The two "yaks" fight each other for fun. The "fighting yaks" of the Huya Tibetans have a kind of primitive and rough beauty. After a round of shouting, two yaks ran into the field from their respective sides, staring at each other with a pair of big round eyes, stiffening their necks, and pointing a pair of sharp horns straight at each other. The hooves scratched the ground, raising dust, and the noses hummed, exhaling a stream of rough air. The two yaks stared at each other and danced around the arena. They looked for each other's weaknesses and planned a fatal blow. The weaker one was defeated and ran away around the arena with its tail between its legs. The victorious one chased after it with its tail standing up proudly. One group of people was tired of fighting, and the other group of young men had been waiting eagerly, so they changed their clothes and started fighting and shouting more fiercely again. Behind the two yaks was a group of dancing girls, wearing blue cloth gowns and big cloth sun hats. They held hands, sang and shouted "oh, oh" to cheer. Outside were the people dancing Guozhuang and watching the excitement. "Yak fighting by the Huya Tibetans in Pingwu" is a performance form for the Huya Tibetans in Pingwu to entertain themselves. It is a form of national culture and has important value for studying the development and evolution of national culture and regional folk culture. "Yak fighting by the Huya Tibetans in Pingwu" has the characteristics of unique form, vivid and beautiful images, and a distinct national style. "Yak fighting" shows the strong character and optimistic spirit of Huya-who has the courage to face the difficult life, and is extremely artistic and ornamental. "Yak fighting" is a performance form of the Pingwu Huya Tibetans for their own entertainment. It is a form of national culture and has important value for studying the development and evolution of national culture and regional folk culture. "Yak fighting" has the characteristics of unique form, vivid and beautiful image, and has a distinct national style. "Yak fighting" shows the strong character and optimistic spirit of Huya-who has the courage to face the difficult life, and is extremely artistic and ornamental. With the development of society and the progress of the times, the original relatively closed agricultural civilization has been continuously impacted by modern civilization. The roads connecting all villages have facilitated transportation, the popularization of television has enriched people's lives, the progress of production methods has liberated people from simple and complicated labor, and the impact of modern civilization has made the younger generation lose interest in the "old ways" of the past. All of these have caused the endangerment of traditional culture. The descendants of "Yak fighting" are getting fewer and fewer, and they are in urgent need of rescue and protection. Information source: Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) Information source: Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)