The dancers tap vigorously to music played on flutes, Chinese plucked stringed instruments, plucked six-stringed instruments, dulcimers, and clusters of small bells. The music for accompaniment of duixie has been formalized into a slow opening, short interlude, allegro, and finale. Thus duixie has gradually been transformed from a recreational dance to stage exhibition.

 Langmaxie dance

It was documented that langmaxie became popular in Lhasa at the end of the 18th century. Langmaxie incorporates songs with dances. It has two parts: jiangxie (singing slowly) and juexie (singing and dancing in a quick tempo). There are more songs in langmaxie and they are spread more widely than dances.

 Guozhuang dance

Guozhuang, an often-used term, is homophonic with guoxie in Tibetan and means singing and dancing in a circle. There are farmers and herdsmen's guozhuang. Farmers' guozhuang is popular in Qamdo in eastern Tibet, while herdsmen's guozhuang is popular in the vast pasture land of Damxung, Heihe, and Sog Xian.

The movements of guozhuang are agile and vigorous. The loose, wide trousers of the male dancers look like the feathered legs of eagles, and the men's movements are imitative of creatures, especially eagles, such as an eagle spreading its wings, hopping, and soaring. The emphasis is on the postures and expression of emotion.

 Kangxie dance

Kangxie, a dance to the accompaniment of a stringed instrument, is popular across the areas where Tibetans inhabit, including Qinghai, Yunnan, Batang, and Qamdo.

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