Zhuoxie, Lhokha

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Zhuoxie is a kind of public dance with a long-handle flat drum tied to one’s waist. While dancing, the drummer will beat the drum with two curved drumsticks. This kind of dance became popular in Yalong and the rest parts of Tibet in the 17^th century, not only was it performed in the inauguration ceremony for the Sangye temple and recorded but also performed again on the magnificent and glorious wedding ceremony when the Tibet king Songtsen gampo married the princess Wencheng from the Tang empire according to some legends. For more than one thousand years, the dance Zhuoxie has been showing its lasting vitality.

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