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What does Qiang mother mean in Tibetan culture?
Gaer Qiangmu is a kind of religious music and dance that spreads in Tibetan Buddhist temples in the whole region.

In Tibetan, "Gaerqiang Mama" means to perform dance. Some people once called the Gaer Qiang mother "religious dance", "religious dance" and "religious Qiang mother" and so on, but various sects of Tibetan Buddhism have two basically different traditional names for this art. One is that other sects except the Gelug Sect call it "Gaer Qiang mother"; Second, the Gelug Sect called it "the mother of strengthening Sanwei Duoji", which means "performing tantric vajrayana dance". Because of their different historical origins and instrumental music, they are called "Mother A Qiang" and "Mother Tongqiang" respectively. "A Qiang Wood" is mainly played with various drums and cymbals, while "Tongqiangmu" is played with various brass instruments. In addition, the historical origin of "Mother A Qiang" is earlier than that of "Mother Tongqiang". It is said that in the eighth century AD, Master Lotus Peanut suppressed the enemies of Buddhism such as Zanab, and achieved this goal by using folk dances at that time and combining Buddhist tantric magic. Since then, whenever various factions of Tibetan Buddhism hold this activity, there is a statue of the devil on the tree called "Lingka", and the lamas of Sanye Temple call him "Ruzanabu". Whether it's "Mother A Qiang" or "Mother Tongqiang", their basic content is the scene of various protectors suppressing demons.