It was dusk when we arrived at Dawan Town, Yingde City, on the Lantern Festival of the year Cixu.
The town is filled with the aroma of homes and friends and family, overflowing with a strong festive atmosphere. Jinshan Ancestral Temple under the old street, has long been crowded, the Lantern Festival night dance fire Qilin large-scale folk activities are in full swing to prepare for the ......
A row of "Qilin" placed in the "Qunlian The "unicorn" is a one-horned, head and tail two parts, are made of bamboo and paper stickers molding, and then painted mouth, ears, eyes, nose, horns and tail. The eyes are decorated with DC light bulbs, which are very attractive. Kirin is an animal in ancient legend, shaped like a deer, with horns on its head, scales and armor all over its body, and a tail. Folk use it to symbolize auspiciousness.
"Piao color" procession and lantern procession has formed a long line along the street. Are the "Golden Dog", "Lotus Fairy", "water filled with San Francisco", "Magpie Bridge will" and other folk traditional themes. Suddenly saw a lantern peculiar, is a spacecraft constantly around the "Earth" "traveling in space", which is the only modern technology theme. The old man said the papier-maché "Shenzhou 6" was out of place, while the young man said it was in keeping with the times.
The young man was eager to get the gongs and drums going, and the dragons and lions were dancing. But the old man said, "No hurry, no hurry, the makeup is not ready yet, the meal is not yet eaten.
The children who were playing "Piu Sai" were also eager to get on the "Sai Pan", and the adults reminded them that they should first go and pass urine and faeces, and that they could not get off the stage for a few hours.
The township government canteen ate a few mouthfuls of rice in a hurry, the old street side of the gongs and drums sounded again. Dragons and lions lead the way, and a parade of unicorns, "floating colors" and lanterns is on its way!
The parade first came to the town hall, the square in front of the town hall was suddenly lively, dragons, lions and unicorns dance together, floating color **** lights color.
After that, the "floating color" parade along the street, the unicorn is dancing from house to house. Kirin's head, tail two parts, with more than ten feet long, spray red dot white cloth connection, each by a person dancing. The unicorn dancers are mostly youngsters, all in shorts and bare shoulders, with towels wrapped around their heads, lettuce in their mouths and cotton balls in their ears. When the unicorn dances to a house, the house throws a lighted firecracker at it, and the audience follows by throwing the lighted firecracker at the unicorn. Wherever the unicorn dances, there is a sea of fire and smoke. This is the Fire Unicorn Dance. Local folklore: The fire unicorn dance can drive away evil spirits and bring good fortune. At the climax of the fire unicorn dance, there is a sea of fire, a sea of smoke, and a sea of revelry around the unicorn! The Qilin is finally burnt to a crisp by the incessant firecrackers. "Subdividing the unicorn!" Someone cheers. Local folklore says that a family that has "subdivided" a fire unicorn is a wealthy family, and that the unicorn's subdividing is a sign of good fortune and prosperity.
The young man who was "subdivided" by the Qilin simply held his hands and let the firecrackers around him throw at his body, but he was unharmed. To the early hours of the morning, the town side of the cannons are dispersed. Town old man said: "Dawan Lantern Festival night dance fire unicorn custom from the South China Sea merchants into, so far has a history of more than two hundred years."
In 2007, the fire unicorn dance in Dawan Town, Yingde City, was included in the Qingyuan City Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection List.
In 2010, the scene of the Lantern Festival Fire Qilin Dance in Dawan Town, Yingde City. The unicorn dancers are mostly youngsters, all of them in shorts and bare shoulders, with towels wrapped around their heads, biting lettuce in their mouths and cotton balls in their ears.In 2006, during the Lantern Festival, the unicorn danced to a climax at Dawan Town in Yingde City, the unicorn danced to the climax of the fire, surrounded by the sea of fire, and the unicorn was burned by the firecrackers in an endless stream, which burned the unicorn to the ground, leaving it with no skin.
In 2010, the scene of the Lantern Festival Fire Qilin Dance in Dawan Town, Yingde City.