Central University For Nationalities Campus Guozhuang Visits

'Guozhuang' is a widespread traditional Tibetan dance, which is also one of the oldest ones. Usually it dances under the leadership of 'Zhuo Ba' or 'Zhuo Ben'. Men and women stand in two semicircles separately hand in hand, one group asks and the other answers repeatedly. It has many formations, such as circle-shaped, linear, wave-type and so on. In 2006, Guozhuang was listed as the first batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage, which lists of 123, Category: folk dance, ID: III-20.Research about it will help people understand the origin, development and evolvement process of the Tibetan songs and dances. s the times, globalization and modern urbanization process, great changes have taken place in Guozhuang with the development of a new form of expression, such as 'Tourism Guozhuang','Fitness Guozhuang', and many other variants. They are loved by the masses, meanwhile they are not only popular in Tibet, but also have walked into the University of campus along with population migration and mobility.This paper is concerned about the 'Campus Guozhuang' and takes the Central University for Nationalities 'Campus Guozhuang' as an example to describe the current situation on the campus and try to discover how it inherited and developed traditional culture.The thesis including five parts: the preface, the Overview of traditional Guozhuang, 'Campus Guozhuang Dance' in Central University of Nationalities, Music and Dance of 'Campus Guozhuang', and 'Campus Guozhuang'. This paper is trying to see 'Campus Guozhuang' as a reflection of Tibetan culture and to do some perspective using methods of ethnomusicology, sociology and folklore.The Part of Preface involves the study of this paper, research purpose and meaning, Guozhuang research summary, as well as sources of information and research methodologies in the content.Chapter I 'The Overview of 'Traditional Guozhuang: including its historical origins and basic conditions. Guozhuang's origin has been a hot research spot, but is lack of relative summary, in this article the author attempts to give one. And its basic conditions including its classification, functions and features of song and dance.Chapter II:'Campus Guozhuang' in Central University for Nationalities, which describes the context of 'Campus Guozhuang', generated background both in Tibet and school campus, and participants characteristics. Chapter III: The music and dance of 'Campus Guozhuang', which focuses on the relationship between Guozhuang music and dance and described each other separately.Chapter IV: Functions and aesthetic tastes of Campus Guozhuang, which describes different functions and aesthetic tastes of 'Campus Guozhuang'.