In the Longwu area of Huangnan Prefecture, Qinghai, there is an ancient and mysterious village hidden - Niandu Hu Village. The inhabitants are simple and religious, and they have passed down a unique custom for generations: the Tiger Dance. Once this unique dance was discovered by experts, it attracted widespread attention and exploration. In Niandu Village, people affectionately call this tiger dance "Yu Su Dance" because it embodies the beliefs and expectations of the Turkish people. Every year on the 20th day of the 11th lunar month, the village will hold a grand festival to the gods to exorcise evil spirits. At that time, seven heroic adult men will be carefully dressed as tigers, their bare skin painted with tiger spots outlined in black ink, their faces transformed into mighty tiger heads, and their hair stand up like thorns, as if real tigers are descending from the mountains. 
They were armed with irregular wooden sticks with Chinese characters attached to them, and marched all the way from outside the village to the village. Along the way, the shamans at the entrance of the village beat drums and chanted incantations to guide them. Once inside the village, the five "tigers" begin to move from house to house, as if in a fierce scramble. Surprisingly, however, the villagers are not afraid of this, believing that the more items they snatch from the "tigers", it is a sign of good luck and a good harvest in the coming year. When the Tigers have completed their mission, they hang the items on sticks and march out of the village. At this time, the villagers fired guns and saw them off. These "tigers" then fled to the river outside the village, jumped into the icy water, and washed away the tabby on their bodies, implying that all unsatisfactory and evil spirits were washed away. The villagers believe that in this way, the whole village will usher in a good time of good weather and abundant grains. The shaman will also rush to the river at this time and chant ** again to pray for the blessings of the villagers. The entire event lasts about three hours, and both the performers and the audience maintain serious and mysterious expressions, as if participating in a solemn and sacred ceremony. 
For the origin of this tiger dance, scholars have conducted an in-depth **. Some believe that this was a religious dance brought about by immigrants who migrated from Chu to Qinghai, because the ancient Chu people called the tiger Yusu. However, there are also objections that the Qiang people, an ancient minority on the Qinghai Plateau, also worshipped the tiger totem, and that some other ethnic minorities such as Tujia and Lhoba also had tiger names similar to those of Su. Therefore, this tiger dance may be a sacrificial totem dance left over from the ancient Qiang people. However, which claim is closer to the truth remains a mystery to this day. Search Topic Full Time Challenge March