Each dragon is 30 to 40 meters long and is considered a New Year's deity. Before the dance, a man will be raw rooster blood wine sprayed to the eyes of the dragon covered with red cloth, to show that the dragon open eyes down the mountain for the benefit of the people. Then the "dragon card", gongs and drums, eight sounds to open the way, baskets of flowers and torches, followed by all the big men bare shoulders, dancing along the street. Street stores, households, home cannonballs full, single waiting for the cannon dragon leaning forward, a string to the dragon thrown, in order to pray for the coming year, good weather, wealth and peace. The sound of fire in the sky cannon dance dragon, viewers such as the tide, the hustle and bustle of the situation, the fire of the gas is unparalleled, people's blood boiling! Dance through the streets and alleys, often need a day and night.
Binyang's county records do not record the origin of the Festival. Some say it began during the Qing Dynasty, when it was passed down from three brothers surnamed Lu in Guangdong to Binyang Luwei Township, and lasted for more than 300 years. Residents of Binyang Sanlian Community believe that the Cannonball Dragon Festival first emerged in their community. When Nong Zhigao revolted in the Northern Song Dynasty, Sanlian Du District was the seat of Binyang Prefecture, and at that time, the officials and soldiers were unsuccessful in their fierce battles with the insurgents. So the officials and soldiers designed: on the eleventh day of the first month the whole city set up cannon dragons, knotting up colorful lanterns, in advance of the Lantern Festival. Nong Zhigao was confused and let his guard down, and was defeated by the soldiers. Since then, the eleventh day of the first month has become the Cannon and Dragon Festival for local residents.
Witness this year's Cannonball Festival
I. More than 11:00 a.m. - the colorful racks appeared
The drums and gongs were loud and cheering, and the 8-headed male **** danced. Applause, 6 colorful racks came out. "Lotus Flower Fragrance", "The Great Battle of Hongzhou", "Manna Full of Earth", "Liang Zhu Marriage", "Three Sisters Passing on the Love" ...... full of traditional Chinese cultural meaning of the color frame in a variety of forms, bright and colorful. Color frame parade, dragon dance, lion dance, colored lanterns, music cabinet accompanied by the team up to several hundred meters long. The colorful frame is carried on the shoulders of four strong men, on which there are several children holding swords, bows, knives and other small props to interpret a particular shape. The racking process is confidential, the communities do not communicate with each other, only to take the finished product in the activities of the competition.
II. Evening 19:00 - opening
Fo Guang Temple opening point of incense curls, the crowd. A giant white-bearded dragon is blindfolded and a granny holds a chicken. "Open the light!" A command was given and the crowd surged. Two men dancing with zi beads and wealth beads led the dragon head close to the window to open the light. The granny with the chicken bites through the feathered crown with her beak and smears the chicken's blood on the dragon's beads inside the dragon's mouth. The white-bearded dragon dances after blood is applied to both eyes, and the sound of firecrackers resonates through the sky. Then by the dragon, gongs and drums, eight sounds (suona, Jinghu, Erhu, Dahu, Qinqin, large and small gongs and drums, cymbals, wooden fish) to open the way, fire baskets, torches follow, to the Lu Wei town of Yongwu, Tongren, Fengjiang, Taiping, Renai and other 11 streets to dance.
Three. Evening 19:00 to the next day --
Ran Cannon Dragon Dance
Firecrackers roaring, smoke, torches waving, Linpu Street as a tide of joy. Wearing a rattan hat, tie the belt of the dragon dance man yelled bare shoulders waving dragon, 18 dragons or mouth flames, or jumping and tossing, big gold beads glittering, electric firecrackers deafening, group of dragons wildly dance ...... crowd scramble to change the dance dragon header, in the explosions overflowing with fire in the fight to protect the dragon, change direction, moves iteratively, and it's not a hilarious!
Crafty drill dragon belly
Households are ready for the firecrackers, the cannon dragon to ten thousand guns. Some families will be a long string of firecrackers from the fourth floor hanging high to fire, the cannon dragon in the sky in a huge fire tumbling dance, kowtow to send blessings. Local regulations firecrackers are not burned out cannon dragon can not leave to another family to go, so a small street often dance all night long. When the cannon dragon dance, people have from under the dragon belly through the line to pray for good luck, couples look forward to everlasting love ...... dragon dance people leaping cannon roar, a good piece of the sea of joy!
Rush the dragon pearl
It is said that if you run down the dragon beard tied to the corral can get livestock prosperity, the dragon skin to ensure that the five grains, the dragon pearl can attract wealth and treasure. So people are not afraid to "grab the dragon pearl". So the dragon line to the end of the street, only the skeleton. At this time, the fire was lit, the dragon threw himself into the fire in the eight notes, said "send the dragon to heaven", people on the fire set up pots and pans under the material boiled "dragon porridge" to treat the dragon dancers, families also came to share. It is said that "dragon porridge" can eliminate disease and fitness. At this time the day has dawned, the Dragon Dance announced the end