Langxi Longcunwan dragon head is not a real dragon head, is the local dragon lanterns, only in the Spring Festival will be hung on the dragon lanterns will be held in the temple fair, is the traditional activities of Longcunwan New Year. If you want to go to see it, choose the time around the Spring Festival to go is the most appropriate.
The New Year's Eve custom in Longcun Bay is very authentic. From the beginning of the lunar month, villagers start to make all kinds of red lanterns, and children play with fireworks everywhere, filling the whole village with the New Year's Eve atmosphere.
The cold winds of the Lunar New Year slowly melted the ice on the river, bringing news of the coming spring. The news seems to urge villagers in Longchunwan to quickly tie up their dragon lanterns and prepare for the spring festival.
The traditional Chinese New Year came, the village committee of Longcunwan organized some villagers to put up the dragon lanterns in the square near the Dragon King Temple, and the villagers gathered in the square to watch the dragon lanterns, the scene was very lively. The night slowly descended, Dragonwang Temple, the incense, drums and gongs, the villagers in the square around the tiptoe waiting to see the dragon lantern show.
A burst of gongs and drums sounded, a green dragon and a yellow dragon swam out from the temple and hovered over the villagers. Lights illuminated the entire dark night, drums and music echoed through the crowd, and the dragon lanterns swung their heads and tails majestically in the sky. A fiery red dragon ball appeared in front of the people, it flashed rapidly, the green dragon rushed to catch up with the dragon ball, the yellow dragon followed closely, the villagers in the square let out a cheer and watched the wonderful performance of the dragon lantern.
The image of the dragon has long been the spiritual totem of the Chinese people. In Longcun Bay, people celebrate the New Year by playing with dragon lanterns, which is in fact a kind of sacrificial activity to the dragon god, praying for a bumper harvest of grains and favorable winds and rains in the coming year. Therefore, dragon lanterns are very important in the hearts of villagers in Longcunwan, and making dragon lanterns and watching dragon lantern performances every year are the most important things in the hearts of all villagers.