Dance dragon head is a ritual in ancestor worship activities in Fujian, which consists of the sun, the moon and the stars. The faucet is carved with wood and painted with color, which looks simple and solemn. When offering sacrifices to ancestors, leaders make various movements with the drums, either moving forward or backward, dancing or stopping, jumping or squatting, and there are certain rules. Dance dragon head
The dance "Leading Dance" shows the birth and growth process of "Kowloon", including "The Birth of Kowloon", "Marrying the Water of the East China Sea" and "Walking Clouds and Rain". Routine performances such as "Looking for Relatives in Deep Pond" and "Back to Kowloon".
Step 2 dance, Malone
Malone dance is popular in Longxi, Jeju, Sichuan, and it is a sports activity to sacrifice ancestors. The performer wears a string of bronze bells around his waist, and the woman holds a colored stick with colored balls and ribbons, which is inlaid with iron rings and bronze bells; One end of the colored stick in the man's hand is tied into a beautiful faucet with hemp rope, and the other end is a 7-meter-long bearded dragon.
When gongs and drums sounded, the dragon's head rose and fell, Malone danced, Hua Gun rotated, the dragon hit the stick and kicked Malone. The flapping sound of the dragon body is intertwined with the bell at the waist, the iron ring on the stick, singing, drums and shouts, which has a unique style.
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Dragon dance is a custom activity that originated from the Dragon Boat Festival. The ancients thought that the annual drought and flood were related to dragons and clouds, so during the Spring Festival, they prayed for good weather by dancing dragons. Dragon dance is usually grass dragon, and it will be burned after dragon dance. In May, there is a "Dragon Boat Festival" in the south, that is, a flood. People dragon festival in the water, rowing dragon boats and driving them away. People want to dance the dragon. They want to pray for the dragon by dancing the dragon, so as to keep good weather and good harvest.
The Chinese nation is a creative nation. Throughout the world, people's dragon dance performances are various and have their own characteristics. There are nearly 100 kinds of dragons here, including grass dragon, hairy dragon (Shiqian, Guizhou), human dragon, cloth dragon, paper dragon, flower dragon, basket dragon, Duan Long, Candle dragon, drunken dragon, bamboo leaf dragon, lotus dragon, bench dragon, shoulder dragon, earthworm, seven clever dragons, big head dragon, luminous dragon and fireworks dragon. The number of dragon lanterns is generally 7 knots, 9 knots and 13 knots. From a long time ago, the dragon dance lasted for a long time and was passed down from generation to generation.
The creation and spread of dragon dance is a part of the glorious history of the whole Chinese nation and is deeply loved by our nation and people. There are many kinds of lanterns in the Lantern Festival, including flowers, insects, birds and animals, but the most prominent and huge one is the "dragon lantern".