"Dabu Axie" in Tibetan means Dabu ramming song. It is spread in Ruru County, Nagqu, Tibet. According to legend, it was created by the fifth Dabu Living Buddha of Ruru (Naxiu).
Dabu Living Buddha is a famous Buddhist scientist, philosopher and artist in Tibet. He is proficient in the "Five Mings", big and small, and has high Buddhist attainments. During the construction of Zhude Temple in the 1920s, he created Dabu Axie, which has flexible and diverse tunes and vigorous and lively steps, allowing laborers to sing and dance while working to relieve fatigue and boost morale.
Dabu Axie, which integrates songs, dances and music, is divided into 31 chapters, involving politics, religion, culture, nature, geography, life customs, etc., including philosophers' proverbs, literati poems, prophets' warnings, etc. The performance is full of singing and dancing, full of local color. Dabu Axie has a variety of singing styles such as chorus, unison and solo, with rich and colorful dance skills and endless changes in formation. Performers can be single, double, three or hundreds of people. When there are a lot of people, they stand in two rows in a circle, regardless of gender, and use Aga (Tibetan falling body sound instrument) to sing and dance. Singing and jumping, turning the wrist from time to time, changing the formation, holding Aga in the right hand, singing and dancing rhythmically while pounding. There are many changes in rhythm and form of singing and dancing, including love songs and antiphonal songs. Some dancers tie string bells to their labor tools, and make crisp string bells according to different rhythms.
