Luoyang Chanshui River Dongguan Shuangming Street (known as Dragon Street in the Ming and Qing Dynasties), where Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of Song Dynasty, was born in the second year of Tiancheng (927 AD). Dragon lanterns are performed from the 13th to the 16th day of the first month and have been famous for a long time and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. The two dragons are the fire dragon and the green dragon, the fire dragon symbolizes Zhao Kuangyin, and the green dragon symbolizes Zhao Guangyi. The name "Dongguan Double Dragons" comes from this.
Dongguan double-dragon driving, the first driving rituals, burning a long whip, by the head of the community to lead the way to the north end of the Fire Street in front of the Song Taizu Temple, that is, clamping the horse camp monoliths side of the most exciting set of dances after the beginning of the direction of the city, in front of the dragon lamps a pair of large red lanterns, followed by the door flags, the banner, marshals, tip flags, colorful flags, and so on. After that, there is the Flexing Pavilion, in which the boys and girls, using folk or historical stories as material, either dress up as 18 Miles to Send Each Other Off or as Thousands of Miles to Send the Queen of Beijing. After the scratching of the pavilion, there are piggyback sticks and fire bombs to open the way, followed by forty-eight large gongs, four large rows of cowhide drums, twenty-four huge cymbals, twelve large cymbals, amazing and majestic, and finally, fire dragons and green dragons. Dragon lights on the dance a while or perform double dragon play beads and dance dragon catch beads fine, but more exciting is in the old city cross street by dozens of people build adult ladder, and then pass the dragon head, layer by layer to rise, the dragon body coiled in the high ladder, the dragon head swaying left and right, dragons follow the ladder step by step, the dragon head rises to the top of the body jitter, the dragon's tail in the down and back to the circling, the dragon head swaying left and right, and then their own formulated pyrotechnic fireworks when the luminous real as a giant dragon mouth spray general, at this time! At this time, the performance reaches a climax with the sound of golden drums, and the atmosphere is very lively and the scene is very spectacular. Shinyang stilts and dragon lanterns are a popular form of folk dance among the people of Xiantao City, Hubei Province. The artists in Chonglong Village, Pengchang, combine the stilts and dragon lanterns to perform with great skill and amazement for the people, and it is a unique form of Shinyang Dragon Dance. As far as the dragon body is concerned, the length is almost the same as that of general dragon lanterns, however, the number of dragon sections is fewer than that of general dragon lanterns, which is from 13 to 15 sections, with a short span between the sections, which makes it easy to play with the ground dragon lanterns; the Shinyang stilt dragon lanterns have only nine sections, with a long span between the sections, which makes it easy to step on the stilts (up to 2 meters high) to dance the dragon lanterns. As far as the color of the dragon clothes is concerned, there are two dragon lanterns on stilts in Shinyang, a yellow dragon and a red dragon, while the general dragon clothes are not limited to any color. Playing on stilts dragon lanterns, people should face hanging beard, dressed as theater "ten famous actors", by the role of Dan play beads, Wu Xiaosheng play dragon, clowns play the dragon tail, and the remaining seven people to play the seven sections of the dragon body.
The stilt dancers must have three basic skills: the ability to walk on stilts, the skills of dancing dragon lanterns, martial arts kung fu. The key to the dragon lantern on stilts is to look at the person who dances the dragon, it is important to dance the dragon, the dragon head should be thrown open, turn round, because the Chonglong dragon lantern's lower mouth is movable, the dragon's head up when the dragon's mouth is open to grab the beads, the dragon's mouth is closed when the dragon is down, the living and breathing, extremely good-looking. Shinyang stilt dragon lanterns can play tricks, to the sky disk, ground, ground roll (commonly known as lazy dragon roll over) fish bite the tail, half moon, green dragon disk column, five Yue (play five square tables) and other dozen kinds of skills, interspersed. Play dragon lantern lineup is strong, powerful and majestic, become a bright landscape of Xiantao folk traditional dance. Quzhou dragon lantern, long history, has a thousand years of history. 1982 by the Beijing National Culture Palace expert appraisal, recognized as the Han nationality dragon lamp representative, in Beijing exhibition and collection. 1989 again by the Quzhou County Cultural Center to produce a new dragon, sent to Beijing collection. Quzhou dragon lantern after Ren techniques and modeling unique: dragon horn made of bamboo gabions, long feet, on the tip of the next thick; dragon eye made of pig bladder in the past, is now 500 degrees -1000 degrees instead of light bulbs; dragon whiskers with hemp dyeing system for the green whole dragon body with rope strings connected to hundreds of bamboo circles, each interval of two meters, under a hand, less than seven, more than nine; dragon scales dyed with the windowpaper, the fire dragon dyed red, the water dragon dyed red, the water dragon dyed red, the fire dragon dyed red, the fire dragon dyed red, the water dragon dyed red, the dragon dyed red, the water dragon dyed red, the water dragon dyed red. Fire dragon dyed red, water dragon dyed blue; dragon tail with hemp bunch tied about one meter long; dragon's total length of 15-25 meters; dragon lights with folded table paper first rolled into a half-foot-long twists, and then into the pot with animal oil boiled, to the best of the butter, the brightness is large, not easy to extinguish. The whole dragon body modeling is characterized by: huge mouth open, eye light, sharp horns, whiskers, body Wan long, tail strong, thousands of scales and armor, the spirit of flying, mighty and spectacular.
The Qiuzhou Dragon Lantern Dance has more than twenty kinds of moves, among which drilling, rolling and coiling are the most wonderful. Drill dragon sub-drill head and drill tail two styles, dragon dancers fish from the dragon head or tail drilled; pan dragon sub-pan head and pan tail two strokes, the dragon dancers stacked up Luohan so that the dragon wrapped around the human body, standing tall; roll the dragon is to let the dragon rolled on the ground, the dragon dancers from the dragon body tumbling over the dance dragon is divided into two methods, one is carried out between the marching, so that the dragon shook his head, such as the too through the swim, one is to whirl in situ dance so that the dragon up and down flying left and right circling, meant for the dragon to send out a mighty, extremely spectacular. It is a spectacular sight to behold.
During the dragon dance, the party was matched by a dancing spider. Spider big for basketball, with wire mesh system, outside the red veil, under the handle, inside the oil twist. If the two dragons dance, the spider in the middle of what is called "two dragons playing pearls", very beautiful.
In the State Council recently announced the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage extended project list, Handan City, Hebei Province, very rich in characteristics and representative of the traditional folk dance "Quzhou Dragon Lantern" finally succeeded in being selected, and then for the national "Intangible Heritage" list! Filling a gap. Also known as the "lantern dragon", this kind of dragon are prevalent in the towns where the Tujia people live.
Generally in the first three days of the first month of the lunar calendar out of the lamp, fifteen end. "Dragon" by nine sections (meaning: the old dragon was chopped into nine sections), the dragon's head with bamboo strips tied into a frame, glued with white Qingming paper, painted in various colors, realistic form, with horns, mouth, eyes, whiskers. The dragon's body is made of thin gimlets tied into a cylinder and glued with Qingming paper. The tail of the dragon is also tied into a fine fishtail shape, with red cloth tape will be the head, body, tail connected, and in the head, body, tail sections of the dragon light a candle lamp, like a lantern. Dance Lantern Dragon is very lively, before two to four pairs of rows of lights to open the way, marking the lantern dragon is which village or street dragon, rows of lights and fish, shrimp and mussels, lanterns, etc., in the drums and gongs, horns in the sound of swaying head swinging tail, swim in the streets and alleys. Play lamp dragon action has yellow dragon under the sea, golden dragon hold column, two dragons grab treasure, the old dragon turn over, golden dragon over the sea cucumber ...... and so on. Lantern dragon wherever the firecrackers constantly, fireworks filled, onlookers water. Some people in order to meet the lamp dragon into the house, the door in front of the arrangement of 36 pairs of large flower tube guns, firecrackers tens of thousands of ringing, hope that the bold into the yard to try. Dragon into the yard, around the door outside the flower tube guns, firecrackers exploding in the air, fireworks in all directions. At this time, in addition to the lights of the dragon sections have lights, other lights all out. Dragon in the afterglow of firecrackers and fireworks dancing, very spectacular. Dancers, most of the bare shoulders and legs and dragon tumbling into one. Lights do not go out, the dragon does not stop, firecrackers constantly. Once the dragon's mouth water spray, the owner will pull the dragon's beard hanging peng Phi Hong, with the best good confusion hospitality dragon dance team. If the dragon dancers are timid, afraid of fireworks, firecrackers, to the door of the coal dragon head salute is withdrawn, you can not get the master of the colorful silk, taste not the best good confusion. Therefore, the dragon dancers, all fast eyes and hands dance skills of the strong hands. Light dragon into the yard, despite the fireworks flying, are not burned dragon body and human body. Dance skills are not strong, there are also dancing with a huge dragon into the courtyard, light bamboo circle out of the situation. Lamp dragon play to the end of the first month of the lunar calendar on the fifteenth day, from the first month of the thirteenth to the fifteenth is the burning of the dragon day. Burning dragon, is in the river or water by the ditch, burn the dragon, the dragon on the ground, the crowd will be prepared in advance of the flower tube guns, fireworks and firecrackers, such as sparks straight to the dragon body spray, to be the dragon burned to the end of the crowd, ah sound even the sky, as much as possible to enjoy jumping for a while, will be the remains of the dragon lamps into the water, water rushed away, meaning that the dragon back to the sea. Therefore, the dragon is named after the straw. With a large handful of straw into a mouth, horns, eyes, whiskers of the dragon head, with a bundle of straw rope into a dragon head and neck general thick feet long seven sections of the dragon body, and then a handful of straw into a fish-tail shaped dragon tail, a **** nine sections, with the straw spaced out strings together, each section of the insertion of a bamboo and wood poles for the handle. Dance grass dragon, mainly in the rural villages of Tujia held in May to July of the lunar calendar each year, for the dance grass dragon time, the significance of the dragon dance is the entertainment contains drive away plague, fire prevention of two.
Expelling the plague. In May and June of the lunar calendar, is the field of rice straw seedlings for a long time, the weather is hot, pests and diseases, including destructive pests and diseases for the rice plague, in the backwardness of science and technology can not be prevented and controlled in the era of the Tujia peasants to dance the dragon to expel rice plague, and become a habit of a long time, the gathering of people for entertainment. Dance grass dragon to expel the plague, from the village to the field, in each piece of rice paddy area, each mound of field cans should be in order to follow the road to dance, dance the same action with the lantern dragon. The dragon dance team, performing their dance skills amidst the sound of blowing bullhorns, setting off three-eyed cannons, banging gongs and drums, and setting off firecrackers, is quite a sight to behold. After dancing in all the fields of their respective villages, the grass will be carried to the creek ditch to burn the dragon, which is called sending the dragon to the sea. Move the flame. In the lunar calendar, around the Dragon Boat Festival in May or during the ripening period of rice in July in the village. On the day of the Dragon Dance, a basin of water and a sieve of grains and cereals are placed in the middle of the halls of the entire village, waiting for the Dragon Dance team to come. In addition to the Dragon Dance, there is a boat shaped like a boat made of bamboo of one zhang in length, with a pot of charcoal flame in the center, which is carried by two people. There are also water shooting, archery and the three Tulaosi and then a number of free spectators. The dragon dance team in the village under the leadership of the old man, starting from the head of the first family from top to bottom in turn into the family house, the dragon head to the shrine of the house to do three nodding salute, and then around the house in a circle, and then dance a variety of tricks. At this time, the water shooter with a water jet tube (the same shape as the third chapter of the water pistol) suction basin of water to the southeast, northwest and central five parties to shoot water (meant to extinguish the fire), the soil Lao Si grab sieve in the five grains to the southeast, northwest and central five parties to skim a hand. Skimming to the center for the hall outside the door, the dragon dance team went out and danced to another hall. After the whole cottage families are dancing to, the grass to the dragon and the flame carried to the side of the ditch to burn, water back to the sea. The meaning of the Dragon Dance and Flame Relocation is to ask the dragon to relocate the Flame God out of the village to avoid fire and keep peace. Legend has it that a long time ago, the Lantern Festival, the crowd to watch the dragon lanterns, there are three young Tujia more and more excited to see, hands and feet, eager to try, in the heat of the moment, lifting the bench they were sitting on, imitating the dragon lanterns dancing and playing up, very happy. Later gradually formed into a traditional sports, recreation and fitness during the week, performances during festivals and competitions, favored by the Tujia people.
The bench dragon has two styles: one is to use the universal long high stool, lifted by three people, two people in front of a man behind the simple bench dragon; another with thin gabion, dragon head, dragon tail, dragon corner, dragon eyes, dragon mouth, and then paste a variety of colors of the scales, the dragon tied into the bench, the four wooden feet to show the dragon's claws, a very beautiful image.
Pan Denglong has two kinds of solo Denglong and Duo Denglong. The Dragon is danced by three people, one with the right hand and the other with the left hand, each grasping the two feet in front, and the third grasping the two feet in the back with both hands. The third person grasps the two feet at the back with both hands. When dancing, the head and the tail should look at each other and coordinate. When the head is high, the tail should be low, the head is to the left, the tail is swung to the right; the head is led upwards, and the tail player lets go of his hand and changes his position. Dance dragon tail must be by the footwork spirit, speed, good eyesight as a person. The two dancers at the head of the dragon are basically the same height. Multi-stool dragon, consisting of nine benches, the first section for the dragon's head, the ninth for the dragon's tail, and the rest for the dragon's body. The dragon head in the juggler's leadership, up and down, through the corner, like a dragon out of the water, the whole dragon requires a tacit understanding, section to section. The movements of the bench dragon include: two dragons grabbing treasures, yellow dragon wearing flowers, golden dragon playing in the water, golden cicadas escaping from the shell, yellow dragon coiling body, etc. Nowadays, the bench dragon performance has become more and more popular, and it has become more and more popular. Nowadays, the bench dragon performance has been moved to the stage of literature and art. Tujia water dragon, is also a grand folk sports activities, as early as in the period of the Tuji on the general rise. Splashing water dragon, is made of willow, by the dragon head, dragon body, dragon tail and rolling treasure composition. The whole body of the dragon is usually 12 holes, i.e. one hole per month and 13 holes in leap years. The dragon's head has eyes, nose, mouth, tongue, horns, whiskers, a realistic image, the dragon's tail is cocked up, can sway from side to side. Lift the head of the general Tujia cottage prestigious elders, the dragon body, the dragon tail with people with the lift. Rolling treasure, also made of wicker like a ball, in front of the dragon's mouth up, down, left, right flying, forming a dragon to grab the treasure.
Dance water dragon, is in the lunar calendar in June and July when the hot sun agreed to be held on the Dragon Day. On this day, the Tujia cottage households will be filled with water buckets, water pots and splashing water ladles, water pistols, etc. placed in front of the door, to be blowing bullhorn, oboe and gongs and drums splashing water dragon team came to the door in the sound of firecrackers, men, women, and children, all with a water ladle, water pistols, wooden pots of water kept splashing in the water dragon and bare-bodied dragon dancers, who splashed the water, who will be an omen of a good harvest, the six animals thrive. Dance water dragon, the village village men, women and children are free to participate in the water, the scene is fierce and cheerful, lively. Welcome the dragon lamp for Yiwu rural Spring Festival for the ancient to be unified cultural and recreational activities, the larger villages almost all have. The date and number of days to meet the lamp vary from village to village. Generally is the first month of the lunar calendar, the eleventh to eighteen Lantern Festival before and after the Dragon Lantern.
Yiwu's dragon lanterns are mostly bench dragons. Bench dragon dragon head is a wooden dragon head, generally carved with camphor wood, powder and ink, lacquer Zhu Jin, glazed lamps. The dragon head has "in the hall", for small wood carving two-storey hall, carved beams and painted buildings, curved threshold corridor, quite skillful. The dragon body has a number of pieces of dragon section and hold the basket light string and become. Each piece of light board, about 1.3 meters long, about 18 centimeters wide, 5 centimeters thick, the middle section of the lamp 2 lamps, lamp distance of about 70 centimeters. The two ends of the lamp board, drilled holes, commonly known as "bridge lamp". Connected to the two sections of the lamp board aligned with the round hole, insert a round wooden handle, latch. People are holding this wooden handle parade. Lamp shell with thin bamboo gimlets tied into a dragon festival, round basket and other forms. Dragon festival first with white paper paste, and then red and green color painting dragon scales; round hold basket with thin transparent red paper paste. (Pictured here is the performance of the dragon lanterns in Xinyuan Village, Suxi Town, Yiwu.) When the dragon lanterns are welcomed, the first one is the ceremonial team of Baizi Lanterns, Hall Lanterns and Plaque Lanterns, followed by the cannons and bands, and the headmen of the lanterns who hold the candles and joss sticks. Then the dragon lantern team. The dragon's tail is also carved wood, dragon scales coated with gold. Finally, two people carry the gongs and drums. Dragon lamp welcome to the village square, "swinging fasting households" on the incense and candles, display livestock rituals for worship, firecrackers, dragon lamps in the square, the two rocking fork lead, dragon lamps to do three into the three reverse of the "circle lights" (commonly known as spinning lights), the tail followed the head line, through the winding out, I come to you, laughter! The dragon lanterns make a "circle light" (commonly known as spinning light) when the tail follows the head, going in and out, laughing and joking. In addition, there are dragon string belly, five plum blossoms, phoenix wings and other patterns. Dragon lantern's wonderful focus does not lie in the length, the more important thing is to look at the disk light disk round, tight, dragon lamp spinning into the turn out of the smooth speed and rhythm of the grasp of the wonderful disk light show can be in the open space is not big and flexible flip, perform dragon tail, dragon string belly and other tricks. Dragon lanterns in addition to the plate lamp, there are dragon lanterns, lion dance, horse lanterns, lanterns and so on. Over the centuries, welcome the dragon lantern is the city's rural villages in general "Tianjiale", in the "small four clear", "culture **", was treated as "four old "and "broken". A few villages dragon head, two halls, dragon tail and so on hide down, did not knock off. 1979 onwards, one after another to restore. Suxi Township, the new hospital village is the city to restore the earliest village to welcome the lamp on the twelfth day of the first month of 1980, the organization of more than three hundred pieces of dragon lanterns, through the Jiangzhai, eight miles of Qiaotou, Hawthorn Woods, Dumeng until Huntang Village. The villages along the way were crowded with people watching the lanterns. It was a sensation to welcome the lanterns for two days and two nights. Huaqiao Dragon Lantern is popular in Huaqiao Town, Sanmen County, Huaqiao, on the house, two doors and other villages, began in the Southern Song Dynasty, more than a thousand years ago. The dragon event originated from the consciousness of totem worship, and later evolved into a folkloric activity of praying for a good harvest and peace of mind. Every year on the thirteenth day of the first month of the lantern, the sixteenth day of the first month of the lantern, four consecutive nights held to welcome the dragon activities, inherited from generation to generation.
Dragon lanterns welcome, there is a set of auspicious rituals. Including the welcome time, clear the dragon road, sacrifice, start, walking line, catch the dragon, send the dragon beads ceremony and dragon lights and supporting facilities in the order of priority, etc. are very delicate, reflecting the local folk customs and regional cultural values, loved by the people. The biggest difference between Huaqiao Dragon Lantern and other local dragon lanterns is that five dragon lanterns are welcomed at the same time. Dragons are divided into five colors, respectively, red, yellow, green, green, purple, representing the east, south, west, north, in five different directions, implying the unity of the four seas, the world and the meaning of harmony. Each color also has a different meaning. Red on behalf of the sun, implying hope and good intentions; green on behalf of the sky, implying the wind and rain; green on behalf of the earth, implying the growth of all things, the meaning of the harvest; purple on behalf of luck, implying harmony between man and nature; yellow on behalf of the power, wealth, implying the meaning of a good life. Therefore, before the dragon lamp welcome, the ceremony is very solemn. Five in the first day of fasting and bathing respected elders, dressed in national costume, in front of the five dragon temple set down incense, incense and prayer, the first sacrifice of heaven and earth, please out of the God of Fortune; and then to the ancestor ancestor sacrifice, prayer and blessing, finished, five-color dragon head toward the ancestral shrine tablet point three points, three cannon sounded, out of the welcome began, a drums and music in the sky, the firecrackers, lions open the way, gongs and cymbals scandium clanking, horns and other flags and so the full set of LuangDu first, God of Fortune, followed by the palace lamps again! Subsequently, the ancient pavilion followed, five-color dragon lamps array, fire lighting, ushered in all the way, voluminous. The place, the dragon lamps are equipped with special folk tunes. Starting with the "falling tiger", the rhythm of scandium and powerful; marching with the horn; welcome with the "middle finger picking rope", the rhythm of the joyful, enthusiastic and freewheeling.
Making
Overview
The dragon lantern is made with delicate and exquisite craftsmanship. It uses a 2-meter-long wooden board as the base, cuts round holes at both ends, and connects one section of the wooden stick through the holes to form a long dragon. The length can be long or short, according to the number of villagers to participate in the spontaneous segment, short of more than 100 meters, the long is up to more than 200 meters. Each section of the board seat with bamboo gabions into a dragon head, dragon body and tail skeleton, paste with colored paper, and then decorated with dragon whiskers, dragon eyes, dragon horns, dragon beads, affixed to the dragon scales, dragon fins, painted and pasted with floral motifs, paper cutouts and so on. Each section of the dragon body has four square colored lamps, colored lamps according to the producer's preferences and style, or paper-cutting, or painted, patterns of flowers, birds, insects and fish, birds and beasts, myths and legends, dramatic characters, etc., vivid images, bright colors, a combination of many of the Han Chinese folk art crafts, a blend of the Sakyamuni, Confucianism, Taoism, and the three cultures of the Hundred Families of the Zi Zi ideology. The production of dragon lanterns has no professional artists, the dragon head is created collectively by the village's capable people, and the dragon body is homemade by each family, and the group inheritance is its biggest feature.
Dragonhead
Dragonhead production, with a length of 2 meters, 0.3 meters wide board for the base, the base with two boards nailed into a T-shape, each end of the three round holes cut to string wooden rods can be connected. On the base of wood, bamboo as a frame, made of bones of the dragon, outside the paste color paper. The top of the dragon is decorated with a moon, a square halberd, an order flag, a handsome flag, and a mighty flag (the flag pattern is embroidered). The dragon's crown is covered with seasonal flowers of various colors. Dragon eyebrow decorated with phoenix paper-cut patterns, phoenix is composed of flowers and birds, according to different colors of the dragon with different flowers and birds. For example, the red dragon's brow with magpies and plums, the yellow dragon's brow with yellow warblers through the chrysanthemums, the green dragon's brow with phoenixes through the peonies, the green dragon, the purple dragon with butterflies in love with orchids, and bamboo sparrows, respectively. The face of the dragon is decorated with three pairs of dragons playing with pearls, forming a vanilla cloud. The upper lip of the dragon is covered with paintings of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, with straight vanilla clouds around the edge, horizontal vanilla clouds under the dragon's nose, and magpies and plum blossoms on the dragon's nose; the dragon's head is covered with vase balls and chicken feather balls on both sides. The dragon's mouth contains a dragon ball, both sides of the paste with the wind and rain, the country and the people's peace or today I do not ban the night, the jade leaks do not urge the couplets, expressed the wish of prayer and the meaning of the full of joy. Then decorated with dragon whiskers, dragon eyes, dragon scales and other ornaments. Fusion of paper-cutting, painting, embroidery, flower arrangement, origami and other folk art craft techniques, modeling atmospheric, beautiful.
Dragon Body
The dragon body, commonly known as the dragon segment, is made of wooden boards as the base, with round holes cut at both ends and connected by dragon rods strung through the holes. Each board base to make four rectangular colored lanterns to the dragon body. The colorful lanterns have built-in candles or electric lights, and can be turned on from both sides, so they are called dragon lanterns with two sides open. The lanterns according to the producer's preferred style, or paper-cutting, or painting, the pattern is the people's favorite flowers, birds, insects and fish, birds and animals, drama characters, myths and legends, colorful, inclusive of multi-cultural.
The dragon's tail is made on a wooden board base, with a rectangular dragon body in front and a three-pronged or five-pronged dragon tail in the back, and then the dragon's fins and scales are pasted on.
Supporting facilities
1. Ancient pavilions, wood through the mortise and tenon for the frame, like a sedan chair, outside the rice paper paste framing, pasted with a variety of colors and types of paper cutouts or painted landscape figures, birds, insects and fish, birds and beasts and other masses of people enjoyable scrolls, the main display of folk paintings and arts and crafts.
2. Palace lanterns. Bamboo scorn for the frame, built-in electric light, wrapped in red silk cloth, the bottom of the tassel fell.
3. flags. There are two embroidered on the "Huaqiao Dragon Lantern" 4 everyone's flag, yellow characters on a red background, after the list of horns.
4. fire. With fine lead wire tied into a funnel-shaped wire mesh, connected to a wooden stick with a long handle. With small pieces of dry wood, into the wire burning to light. By two people each holding a fire prairie, walking in front of the dragon, shaking the fire prairie to illuminate the road. This is a primitive lighting tool to welcome the dragon has been used to prove the long history of the dragon.
5. Stick head cannon. Cast into a ball with pig iron, hollow gunpowder can be stored, the top with a wooden wedge tightly plugged, the lower end of a small hole, inserted into the fuse to ignite. The ball is firmly fixed on a wooden stick, so the name of the stick head cannon. Welcome the dragon ceremonial will move out, the first three stick head cannon, the sound is loud, powerful. After the cannon, the gongs and cymbals are played, the horn is sounded, a cry is heard, the dragon's head is raised, and the ceremony departs.
Etiquette
1. clear dragon road. Is to find out the road conditions of the dragon lamp marching route. The local dragon road does not turn back the saying, the dragon road, such as obstacles, it is necessary to clear in advance. Clear the dragon road by two strong men in the welcome dragon head day each holding a large gong, along the route of the dragon lamp, gong to inform the masses, each clean up, so as not to affect the dragon lamp forward. Residents along the road will be cleaned and cleaned up the road through the dragon lantern to meet the arrival of the dragon lantern.
2. Start. After picking up the dragon lanterns at the centralized point, they first go to the Five Dragons Hall to offer heaven and earth. Presided over by five respected elders dressed in national costume, the elders must be in the first day of fasting, bathing and purification. In the temple set up incense, pray for peace, and then invited from the temple, the God of Fortune, according to the fire prairie, lions, gongs and cymbals, horns, flags, the God of Fortune, the palace lanterns, the ancient pavilion, five-color dragon lanterns arranged in order. To the ancestral shrine, after the ancestor worship ceremony, the stick head cannon three times, welcome the dragon procession departure.
3. Dragon Road. Huaqiao dragon lanterns to meet, must follow the prescribed route, which is called the dragon road. Dragon Road according to the custom of the dragon does not go back. From the five dragon hall to the ancestral hall, and then along the pre-cleared route forward, Guanyin Hall is a must, suitable for the dragon lamp hovering large venues (such as school playgrounds) should also be passed, to facilitate the performance and reunion. Other major streets should be welcomed all over so that the masses can receive the dragon. After the tour is completed, the God of Fortune should be invited back to the five dragon hall, and then the dragon head will be put back to the ancestral shrine, each party can rest.
4. Solitaire. The masses will be Huaqiao board dragon worship, where the board dragon to meet the place, the people along the way are set incense, piety dragon. Ceremony to receive the dragon, is in front of the store or the gate set up eight immortal table. On the table put a pair of incense and candles, tea (white water) three. Grain and rice tea frame (ancient sacrificial instruments, carved from wood) on the tea, rice, beans, three sacrificial offerings, as well as offerings of fruit and so on. Some also add wine and three animal gifts, which is commonly known as the three-pan blessing gift, with noodles, meat and tofu. Or five sacrificial gifts, plus chicken and fish. To be welcomed to the dragon, the head of household that is incense and candles, pouring wine sieve tea, leading the whole family to kneel in reverence. Welcome the dragon team must also stop, the dragon's head toward the portal, the two sides praise each other auspicious words. After the ceremony, fired a salute, welcome the dragon team continue to move forward.
5. Send the dragon pearl. There is an interesting tidbit in every Huabiao Dragon event, and that is the delivery of dragon beads. In each preparation to welcome the dragon to contact the object to send the dragon beads. The recipient must be a middle-aged person with no children, who voluntarily accepts the Dragon Balls and is enthusiastic about the Dragon Welcoming Activity. The time to send the dragon pearl is on the night of the dragon welcome. When the dragon lanterns swim through the dragon road, welcome the dragon honor guard disbanded, leaving the dragon head and tail, and selected a dozen sections of the dragon body, reconnected into a dragon. Accompanied by a team of drums and music, to stop in front of the gate of the dragon receiving bead household. Receiving dragon pearl household in front of the gate set up incense, pious kneeling, by receiving the dragon pearl household hostess hand touch the dragon bead in the dragon mouth, an elder to give the hostess a red egg. Receive the dragon pearl shall be tea handing cigarettes, as well as fruit hospitality, in the mutual wish for a son, congratulations on the auspicious words of wealth, everyone dispersed. There are also rich households to receive the dragon pearl, in addition to the above routine hospitality, but also give each person a packet of cigarettes, and another red packet given to the collective, within hundreds of dollars to thousands of dollars, these are all completely out of the voluntary dragon pearl. Before the liberation of the dragon pearl is always given to those who are middle-aged and childless family, after the liberation of the rich households, can be said to be the people's ideology with the transformation of the situation and change.
6. music. Huaqiao dragon lanterns welcome in addition to gongs and cymbals and other percussion, but also with specialized tunes. Starting with the "falling tiger", the rhythm of the scandium clang powerful; marching with the horn; meet with the "middle finger rope" tune, the rhythm of the rhythm of the cheerful, enthusiastic. The fusion of the dragon lanterns with folk tunes is also a major local feature of the Huaqiao Dragon Lanterns.
Value
Artistic Value
The production of Huaqiao Dragon Lanterns demonstrates the wisdom of carpenters, bamboo scorn makers and folk art, and integrates literature, painting, carving, paper-cutting, embroidery, music and drama, synthesizing various artistic elements and uniting them in the whole activity of welcoming the dragons, which is of high folkloric value, aesthetic value and educational value.
Social value
Huaqiao Dragon Lantern embodies the wisdom of the people and the charm of folk art, and has a strong artistic and ornamental character. The process of welcoming the dragon is not only the process of entertainment, but also the process of gathering people's hearts, which can provide evidence for the study of folk culture in Sanmen Bay.
Huaqiao dragon lanterns have participated in the city and county folk art conference string of street activities and Sanmen China Green Crab Festival activities, making this folkloric activities to shine again. 2007 in Zhejiang Province, the intangible cultural heritage protection list.