February 16, 2014, the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, is the traditional Lantern Festival in China.
Juggling dragon lanterns, rocking the flower boat ...... on the same day, Nanchuan District in the Drum Tower Square carried out a joyful Lantern Festival - people's stage - characteristics of the cultural community square dance show activities, singing and dancing Lantern Festival, the city is full of festive atmosphere of celebration.
The Lantern Festival, of course, is not without the dragon dance, Nanping Town and Shuijiang Town both performed a dragon lantern program. The difference is that Nanping Town's "Dragon Dance" is a separate dragon, see men and women dressed in festive costumes hand-held dozens of meters long dragon, stepping on the drums, the pace of steady, light, long dragon flying, sometimes dragon out of the sea, sometimes the dragon driving the auspicious clouds, heralding the New Year wind and rain, the harvest. While the water river town brought the "two dragons playing pearls", the dragon dancers a team dressed in yellow, a team dressed in red robes, spirited, two huge dragons up and down, double flying play, the scene is very nice to see.
The same is that the wonderful performance attracted the audience constantly leaning forward, the stage a shrinking, "dragon" can not show their hands, making the flying dragon in the sky when the dragon body strangled, causing the audience to laugh. "Before the Lantern Festival of dragon dance is to tour the streets, not limited by the venue, but taking into account the city traffic, or decided to perform in the square." One of the actors who participated in the dragon dance said, "Performing the program is to have a good time, and making the audience laugh is our goal."
The showcase featured traditional dragon dance, flower boat and gong programs, as well as fashionable street dance, Latin dance and cane dance. The age range of the performers is also very large, both six and seven-year-old children, as well as elderly people in good health, truly reflecting the "people's stage".
When the familiar melody of "The Sound of Music" played, a group of children dressed in colorful clothes flew down to the stage like butterflies. Although the song is in English and many of the audience did not know the meaning of the lyrics, it did not affect the beauty of the dance in any way. This program brought by Yashi Dance Training Center incorporates a variety of dances, in the front row of the "flower butterflies" set off, folk dance, ballet, Latin dance slowly on the stage, the whole square seems to be a dance floor. When dressed in Mickey, Minnie cartoon character clothing actors on stage, let the children watching the happy clapping.
Subsequently, "Dancing Youth", "Fashion Show", "Burning Floor", "Cane Dance" a colorful program has been staged, so that this sun-bathed Lantern Festival is full of laughter.