In the traditional Boba Sengen dance, the performer does not hold a string of bells, but a bloody braid. Boba Sengen indicates Tibetan people who are as brave as lions.

 

In 1840, more than 500 Tibetan soldiers in Li County, Sichuan, went to the front to fight against the aggressors under the command of the government of the Qing Dynasty. They made an oath when leaving - "No victory, no survival." The soldiers then experienced a very brutal battle, and only dozens of them survived. The survivors were plagued by the difficulty of bringing the bodies of their brothers in arms who sacrificed back to their hometown.

 

They all had a long braid at that time, so they cut off their friends' braids, brought them back, and buried them on the hillside of their hometown. Then they were thinking of a question. How could they record their stories of defending their home and country and inherit them through generations?

 

There was a kind of dance called Guozhuang dance that has been popular for a thousand years among the locals, so they wondered whether they could put their stories into the dance. Let's take a look!

 

 

Edited by Feng Ling