zhanjiang customs

Zhanjiang customs include lion dance, East Island dragon dance, Lianjiang Eagle dance, Zhanjiang Nuo dance, and fish swimming on the north slope.

1, lion dance: The lion dance performance started in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is an authentic folk dance in Guangdong Province and a treasure in Guangdong Dance Garden. Traditional folk customs believe that lion dancing can exorcise evil spirits. Therefore, whenever people miss their relatives more, such as the New Zhang Celebration and the Spring Festival Tournament, people like beating gongs and drums and dancing lions.

2. East Island Dragon Dance: East Island Dragon Dance is an ancient traditional dance. The dragon dance originated in dongshan town, Dongdao, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, is called "Dragon of People" because the dragons in the performance are all made up of people, not objects. The dragon body is huge, generally composed of 50 or 60 people, and some have hundreds of people, which is magnificent.

3. Lianjiang Dancing Eagle Male: According to legend, during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was an eagle male dance activity in Xinhua Town of Lianjiang today, which has a history of nearly 300 years. The content of the performance is that the eagle fights fiercely because of the provocation of the monkey. There is a 6-meter-high pole on the eagle's stomach, which spreads its wings and goes straight into the sky. Its skills are dangerous and exciting. Persuaded by the pot-bellied Buddha, the eagle reconciled with the hero. Set dance, martial arts, acrobatics in one, quite distinctive.

4. Zhanjiang Nuo Dance: Nuo Dance is an ancient mask dance, which is known as "dancing living fossil". It was introduced from the Central Plains and southern Fujian. It is ancient and vivid, rich in content, warm and spectacular in atmosphere and primitive in action. Zhanjiang Nuo dance originated from the totem worship ceremony in primitive society, and its content form is a unique Lei Nuo dance formed by the working people in ancient Leizhou Peninsula. It is mainly composed of Lei Shougong, five generals from East, South, West, North and Middle, as well as land in-laws and Bi in-laws. , commonly known as "General Zou Qing", "Dance Demon" and "Dance Demon"

5. fish swimming on the north slope: fish swimming is also called fish lamp. Every year during the Lantern Festival, there are fish paste lanterns, fish dance lanterns and village clubs in the old market in beipo town, Suixi. The custom of fishing on holidays originated in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty.