1. Dragon Dance
The Dragon Dance is a ritual in Fujian's ancestor worship activities, which consists of an honor guard of the sun, moon and stars. The dragon's head is carved from wood and painted with colors, making it look rustic and solemn. During the ancestor worship, the person who holds the dragon head makes various movements with the beat of the drum, either advancing or retreating, dancing or stopping, jumping or squatting, with certain rules and regulations. Dragon Dance
The Dragon Dance shows the process of the birth and growth of the "Nine Dragons", including the "Nine Dragons", "Marrying Water in the East Sea", "Traveling Clouds and Making Rain", and the "Nine Dragons", which is the most important part of the Dragon Dance, "traveling in the clouds and making rain". The performance of the "Nine Dragons" includes "The Birth of the Nine Dragons", "Marriage in the East China Sea", "Driving Clouds and Rain", "Begging for Marriage in the Deep Pool", "Returning the Nine Dragons to the Position", etc.
2, Dance Hemp Dragon
Dance Hemp Dragon circulated in the area of Sichuan Jeju Longxi, is a sports activity in the ancestor worship. Performers tied a string of copper bells around the waist, the female handheld a tie with colored balls and ribbons of colorful flower stick, stick set iron ring buckle and copper bells; men in the hands of the colorful stick, one end of the linen tie into a fine dragon head, the other end of the linen beard with drag more than 7 meters long for the dragon body.
The gongs and drums sound, the dragon's head is low and high, the hemp dragon flies, the flower stick rotates, the dragon strikes the flower stick, the ball plays the hemp dragon. The snapping sound of the dragon's body is intertwined with the ringing of the bell at the waist, the sound of the iron ring on the stick, and the singing, drumming and shouting, making it a unique style.
Expanded Information
The Dragon Dance comes from the customary activities of the dragon festival. Ancient people believed that the water and drought of the year were related to dragons and clouds, so they prayed for favorable weather conditions by dancing dragons in the spring festival. Dance of the dragon is generally grass dragon, dragon dance to burn. In May, the south of the "Dragon Boat Water", that is, flooding, people worship the dragon in the water, to row a dragon boat, to drive away the dragon. So people want to dance the dragon, want to dance the dragon to pray to the dragon, in order to ensure that the wind and rain, a good harvest.
The Chinese people are a creative people. Overview of the people around the dragon dance performance, a variety of different kinds, each with its own characteristics. Common fire dragon, grass dragon, hair dragon (Guizhou Shichian), human dragon, cloth dragon, paper dragon, flower dragon, basket dragon, section dragon, candle dragon, drunken dragon, bamboo leaf dragon, lotus dragon, bench dragon, flat dragon, rolling dragon, seven coquettish dragon, big head dragon, luminous dragon, fireworks dragon and so on nearly a hundred kinds of more. The number of sections of dragon lanterns is generally 7, 9 and 13. Since long ago, the dragon dance has endured and has been passed down from generation to generation.
The creation and circulation of the dragon dance is part of the glorious history of the whole Chinese nation and is loved by our nation and people. There are many kinds of lanterns in the festival, such as flowers, insects, birds, beasts, everything, but the most special and huge, is the number of "dragon lanterns".