Choreographer: Li Junchen

Dance music: Luo Nianyi Lyricist: Zhu Liu Dongrong

Dance premiere: 1964

Premiere group: Tibet Military Region Song and Dance Ensemble

Awards won: In 1964, it won the Outstanding Choreography Award, Performance Award, Composition Award, and Stage Design Award at the Third All-Army Art Performance.

This is an excellent dance work that was widely circulated in the Chinese dance world at that time. The choreographer Li Junchen has worked in Tibet for a long time and deeply understands the significance of cherishing the unity of the Han and Tibetan ethnic groups and the unity of the military and civilians. Once he accidentally saw in a newspaper that during the Spring Festival, five or six Tibetan girls went to the military camp to help the soldiers wash clothes, which inspired him to create. The content of the work shows a group of Tibetan girls going to the river to fetch water and accidentally discovering that the squad leader is helping their comrades wash clothes. They then ask the little girl to pretend to have twisted her feet and join forces to deceive the squad leader, and then happily help him wash the clothes. The squad leader realized he had been fooled when he came back, so he helped the girls carry water home. It reveals the close and close ties of blood between the military and civilians, as well as the Han and Tibetan peoples.

The biggest feature of "Laundry Song" is the combination of singing, dancing and drama performances. The choreographer cleverly connected the entire dance through three plays. 1. Xiao Zhuoga pretended to have a sprained foot and deceived the monitor, 2. The squad leader wanted to snatch his clothes back, 3. The squad leader secretly helped them carry water. These three dramatic scenes fully demonstrated the harmony, mutual help and friendship between the army and the people, and created a lively scene of dancing full of fun. Dance is the main component of the work. The choreographer uses the traditional Tibetan song and dance form. From the time the girls appear on the stage to the end of chasing the squad leader, they are always accompanied by singing and dancing, creating an atmosphere of enthusiasm, happiness and joy. Singing and dancing complement each other. Especially the aria when the girls were washing clothes: "Uh..., who helped us turn over, who helped us to be liberated, it was our relatives, the People's Liberation Army, and our savior, the Communist Party. ... The army and the people are one family. "People, help our relatives wash and wash their clothes." It highlights the meaning and emotion that the dance expresses, and expresses the Tibetan people's gratitude to the People's Liberation Army and the Communist Party after liberation.

In terms of action choreography, Tibetan dance language forms are combined with daily movements to create dynamic images such as splashing water, stepping on clothes, swinging clothes, and rubbing clothes, which fully express the lively and enthusiastic character of Tibetan girls.

With its cheerful rhythm, lively scenes, sincere and simple feelings, profound ideological connotations, singing and dancing forms, and interesting and lively dramatic scenes, "Laundry Song" is deeply loved by the people and is known as a song of praise. A classic work of national unity and military-civilian unity.