Dragon Dance Explanation 1 Lions are regarded as "auspicious beasts" among the people in China. People hope to drive away evil spirits with the majestic and brave image of the lion "the king of beasts" and pray for peace and well-being. Lion dance is a traditional folk activity in China. Lion dance is the highlight of every Spring Festival, festival, store celebration, celebration opening, opening, foundation laying, wine banquet, or other festive activities. In the sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers, lions danced wildly, adding a lot of lively and festive atmosphere to the festival.
Lion dance appeared in Guangdong and originated in Nanhai County. Now it is spread among overseas Chinese in Guangdong, Guangxi and Southeast Asian countries. Foshan lion dance is called "Southern Lion", which is a kind of lion with southern style. The Southern Lion is extremely exaggerated, romantic, majestic, beautiful and lively, with both form and spirit. The Southern Lion is a traditional custom activity of the Chinese nation, with strong auspicious and festive colors and the ability to render the atmosphere, which integrates ornamental, artistic and competitive features.
Dragons are also called "playing dragon lanterns" and "dancing dragon lanterns". From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, many places have the custom of dancing dragons. Dragon represents auspiciousness, dignity and courage in the Chinese nation, and it is also a symbol of power. People use dragon dancing to pray for the blessing of dragons on festive days, so as to achieve the purpose of good weather and abundant crops. The main prop of dragon dance is "dragon". Dragons are made of grass, bamboo and cloth. Odd numbers of dragon festivals are auspicious, and nine-festival dragons, eleven-festival dragons and thirteen-festival dragons are more common, with a maximum of 29 festivals. Dragons with more than fifteen knots are bulky and unsuitable for dancing. They are mainly used for viewing. This kind of dragon pays special attention to decoration and has high technological value. There is also a kind called "fire dragon", which forms a cage by weaving bamboo sticks into cylinders, affixing transparent and beautiful dragon clothes, and lighting candles or oil lamps to burn. The performance in the evening was spectacular. Today, after continuous development and improvement, dragon dance often becomes an ornamental competition. The movements of dragon dance are ever-changing, and the trick is the key within nine knots. The common movements are: dragon swimming, dragon drilling, head and tail drilling, dragon wagging its tail and snake molting. The dragons in sections 11 and 13 focus on action performance. Jinlong chases the orb, leaps and jumps, and sometimes flies; In the clouds, sometimes they rush into the sea and break the waves. Combined with dragon ball and drum music, it has become an artistic style integrating martial arts, drum music, opera and dragon art.
Lions are mighty in appearance, vigorous in action and changeable in behavior. There are many different legends circulating among the people, which are turned into myths for a while and painted into history for a while, adding a lot of mystery to the lion dance and making it more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. People believe that lions are auspicious animals, and lion dancing can bring good luck. Therefore, in the Spring Festival or other celebrations, lion dancing will help to celebrate and pray for good luck with firecrackers. A colorful work of art, with various expressions of joy, anger, sorrow, joy, movement, quietness, surprise and doubt, becomes a living lion when dancing, and several big lions are jumping happily, adding a lot of joy and excitement to the festival.
Dragon and lion dances in the Spring Festival have a very long history in Huizhou. From the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month, the dragon team and the lion class came one after another, and the streets were full of people.
The traditional dragon and lion dances in Huizhou are spontaneously organized by the people. Dragon dance is mostly based on "street" and located in Yilong. Dragon dancing must be done by yourself. The whole dragon is more than 40 meters long. When dancing the dragon, the front is led by Sun and Moon cards, plaques, palace lanterns, costume teams (disguised as folk story figures of past dynasties), octopus, phoenix, lion and miscellaneous water (disguised as fish, shrimp, crab, clam, etc.). ), and finally alive. Walking all the way through the streets, drums and music are endless. From time to time, there are elders with grandchildren drilling around under the dragon's stomach, which means "drilling the dragon frame" and dreaming a long dream. In addition, there are folk customs with Huizhou local characteristics, such as "hunting dragons" and "sticking dragons".
The lion dance is mostly performed by Wu Ban. After tying the lion, first go to Yuanming Temple to "open your eyes" and carry out "grabbing the green" activities. On the morning of the first day of the Spring Festival, led by the master, lion, gong, drum, cymbal and martial arts teams performed in turn with various cold weapons. Everywhere, shops and residents greet each other with firecrackers, which is very lively.
Explanation of dragon dance performance II. All animals fight, and the lion is the first to push. This is the eternal China people, and the dragon is the only one. "
"Little lion's mouth, a smile often opens a blessing;
At two o'clock, listen to all directions;
At three o'clock in the sky, good luck shines on good stars;
At four o'clock, the eyes are six miles away. "
Mr. Yu Hanqiao, Director of shishi city Municipal Bureau of Culture and Sports, Mr. Lu, Secretary General of Dragon and Lion Sports Association, Deputy Secretary General of Fujian Provincial Committee, Mr. Yang, Party Secretary of Fujian Provincial Sports Bureau, Mr. Long Heng, Vice Chairman of Fujian Agricultural Sports Association, Mr. Huang, Deputy Director of Quanzhou Municipal People's Congress, Gao Yuncheng, Deputy Secretary of Shishi Municipal Committee and Mayor of Municipal People's Government, made the final decoration for the Dragon and Lion.
The sonorous and lively gongs and drums sounded, and the colorful dragons danced in the venue, which led to a jubilation at the venue. They are dressed in gorgeous dragon costumes, dancing with dragons, going out to sea with dragons, shuttling forward and flying all over the world, not like real dragons at all. The superb performance won the applause of the audience and reproduced the indomitable spirit of athletes and lions.
Southern Lion and Northern Lion are two different performance styles in lion dance. Nanshi embodies the image of being mighty, rough, passionate and aggressive, and is good at performing unique skills on piles. On the 22 gold piles of different heights, the majestic lions struggled to pick green, and the drums and music sang together. Male teachers look at green, like green, look at green, explore green, pick green, spit green ... as quiet as civet cats and other mice coming out of holes, as agile as tigers catching sheep. Sometimes cheerful, sometimes resentful of evil, in form, now the lion is mighty.
The Northern Lion is solemn and elegant, retains the royal style of the Tang Dynasty, embodies the image of wit, sensitivity, fearlessness, simplicity and fun, and is good at performing stunts between tables and stools. Thousands of mighty and beautiful people, ancient and modern people, on behalf of Fujian Province, "The Awakening of the Oriental Lions" won a full house applause. Just watch the players roll at high altitude. "gongs and drums ring, lions swing, chasing hydrangeas, racing cars, sweeping the plains to know the world, hey, look at me, lions are the first handsome." Reproduce the majestic posture of "the first lion in the world".
The harder the gong is struck, the denser the drum is struck, the more dangerous people are, the higher the lion jumps, and the audience rises and falls with the performance. The northern lion performance of kicking, jumping, rolling and shaking was brave, frank and thrilling, and won a full house applause; From waking the lion out of the hole, to getting ready to go, to going forward, grabbing the ball with two lions and returning home with a full load. But listen to applause, applause.
In the end, the shishi city Jin Kaisheng Lion Dance Troupe and the Hubei Farmers' Sports Association team won the North Lion All-around Gold Medal for their superb performances. Foshan Nanyue Dragon and Lion Sports Association and Wuzhou Shiqiu Mountain Scenic Area Lion Dance Team won the all-around gold medal of Photinia project; The Dragon Dance Team of Hubei Farmers' Sports Association and Jiangsu Liyang Jinsheng Dragon and Lion Group won the all-around gold medal in dragon dance.
Shishi people are born with the brave spirit of being the first in the world. In recent years, the Shishi Dance Team has made great achievements, conquered audiences at home and abroad with superb skills and excellent foundation, and won honors for the country and the city. Won the first and second world dragon and lion championships successively; 2007 National Dragon and Lion Dance Invitational Tournament The 3rd National Lion King Competition and the Northern Lion Champion; The Northern Lion won the gold medal in the 4th and 5th National Farmers' Games, and was known as "the first lion in the world". And invited to Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Macao and other countries and regions to perform. Shishi Lion Dance Training Base was recognized as the "Northern Lion Training Base" by the Provincial Agricultural Games.
Lion dance and Shishi culture have been endowed with new connotations, and the justice, courage, auspiciousness and jubilation of lions are the reappearance of the spirit of Shishi people. The northern lion of Shishi has also become the highlight of national tradition and fitness activities, making it an influential brand of lion culture and a powerful weapon for Shishi people to develop inward and publicize outward. People who have a lion's heart will definitely become a lion in the world!
The seminar on lion culture in Fujian and Taiwan, which was held in parallel with the Dragon and Lion Invitational Tournament, brought together the director of the Lion Museum in Hedong Hall of Taiwan Province Province, experts on lion research in Jinmen and experts and scholars from Fujian, Quanzhou and Shishi to give academic speeches, which promoted the academic exchange of "lion culture" between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and showed the profound connotation of lion culture in Fujian and Taiwan.
The concert held an award ceremony, "brave and sincere, thrilling and funny; Dare to dare to innovate and compete for hegemony. " The first lion in the world, sung by Fujian Shishi Rural Cooperative Bank Choir, shows the beautiful image of Shishi through lions.