In Qingxi and Zhangmutou towns, there are unicorn dances during festivals such as Chinese New Year and feasts for relatives. In the past, Hakka people's unicorn dance activities. Focused on about ten days before the Spring Festival, the opening ceremony was held. That is, the eyes of the new Qilin head should be blindfolded, and then choose a good day to open the seal, and go to the Jijibeogong to worship in front of the Caiqing. The ceremony is usually held in the middle of the night, and the gongs and drums are stopped when you go, and the gongs and drums are sounded when you come back after picking the green. The day after the opening of the light, the opening of the light is set up a banquet, invited married women, townships with the same name and relatives to participate. On the first day of the new year, all concentrated in the pueblo to open the gong, by the teams to perform Qilin dance routines and martial arts, martial arts according to the single fist, double fist, single knife, long, short stick, rattan cards in the order of the table performances, and finally the fast rake. Before the opening of the gong, a person holding a red wooden box leads the Qilin team to pay homage to each household and sends invitations to stickers, and after the centralized activities, the team will pay homage to each household again and collect red packets of red packets of lai see. This activity usually lasts until the fifteenth day of the first month, or even until the end of the first month. The Qilin is one of the most popular forms of Han folk art that the Hakka people have long enjoyed.
Qingxi Zhangmutou town unicorn dance Fangyuan famous, but also thanks to the unicorn family's persistent continuation and superb artistic attainments. Among them, Dali Village Huang Su Ming family 6 generations of the production of the unicorn head is exported to all over the world, Tiesong Village, Huang Hulin family 4 generations of the unicorn martial arts reputation of the four sides. The unicorn heads made by Qingxi unicorn artists have won a good reputation for their fine bamboo art, fine painting art, realistic forms and bright colors.
Like most Han folk arts in China, Qingxi's Hakka songs and Qilin martial arts have suffered nearly 20 years of silence, after the economic development of the Qingxi town party committee, the government of the discovery and promotion of Han folk arts on the agenda. 1993, the town leaders in the "three dry" meeting asked each management area to form more than one Qilin team.
The attention of the party and government has injected new vitality into the newly revitalized Qilin art. 1995, the Qingxi Qilin was invited to participate in the Guangdong Television's Spring Festival program as a highlight of Dongguan's folk art and was able to make its debut to the whole country. 1998, the Qilin Wushu Team of the Qingxi Folk Art Association was established, with a team of more than 200 members, and after that the government earmarked funds for the reform and development of the Qilin Dance every year. After that, the government allocated special funds every year for the reform and development of Qilin dance. The Helin Kylin team formed by Huang Helin, a Kylin artist from Tiesong Village in Qingxi, boldly reformed the image of the Kylin and the way it performed according to the requirements of the town committee. Huang Helin and his disciples carefully analyzed the current generation's appreciation of the Qilin dance taste, reference to the ancient ancestral temple in the Qilin portrait, resisting the pressure of tradition, boldly will not be convenient to perform in the past "long body Qilin" (4 meters) to short body Qilin (2 meters); will be in the past the body of the soil cloth, to the body of the cloth of gold glittering taut, reformed! The brightly colored, joyful, plump and flexible Qilin can not only roll on the flat ground, but also leap onto the plum blossom stakes and ascend to the 2-meter high platform for difficult performances. The unicorn dance is divided into two parts, undulating and tumbling in a staggered manner. In terms of martial arts routines, it is a blend of Hung Gar and Nan Quan styles. In terms of costumes, the unicorn dancers' costumes match the colors and patterns of the unicorn robes, achieving the realm of human and unicorn as one; in terms of musical accompaniment, the lineup and instrument configuration have been strengthened, and in terms of accompaniment of melody and drumming styles, not only retaining the traditions but also making new breakthroughs, making the audience refreshed and greatly enhancing the artistic infectiousness of unicorn dance. The enthusiastic scene of Qingxi Qilin's joyful dance fully demonstrated the spirit of Qingxi people's vigor, unity and hard work. Guangdong and Shenzhen TV stations and several major newspapers in Guangdong Province have been reported, the provincial and municipal cultural departments also gave a high evaluation.
In February 1999, Qingxi Town was named the township of ethnic folk art (Qilin dance) in Guangdong Province. Qingxi Qilin Dance was also invited to Japan, Hong Kong and Macao and other countries and regions to perform. 2001 October, Guangdong Province, the first Yellow Pavilion Qilin Cultural Festival in Guangzhou Panyu Huangge Town, 15 Qilin team from 7 cities in Guangdong Province ****400 people participated in the Guangdong Province, the first "Yellow Pavilion Cup" Qilin Dance Competition, Qingxi team Qingxi team stood out and won the award. Qingxi Qilin Dance has a broad mass base. The Hakka people have always regarded the Qilin dance as a joyous event, and have honored the folk artists who can tie the Qilin and dance the Qilin as their masters. Therefore, many people are happy to send their children to learn the Qilin dance as amateurs. In the rural areas of Qingxi, more than 80% of the children are interested in Qilin dance. On festive occasions, there is no lack of children in the unicorn dance team, the eldest is more than 10 years old, the youngest is only four or five years old, tumbling and leaping, flexible and free, very cute. Some of them also kept this hobby until high school, college, and even after work. Whenever there is any large-scale competition or performance activities, they will quickly come back from all directions to put on performances when notified. In recent years, the Qingxi Township Committee, the township government attaches more importance to the development of this Han Chinese dance art. The town's cultural station has long held training courses for children's Qilin martial arts. This summer, there are nearly 30 children to participate in training. Happily, the children attending the training are not only local children, but also many children of foreign employees. There are even girls participating. Qingxi Qilin Dance is more and more penetrating into the cultural life of Qingxi. Every year, there are unicorn performances at major festivals such as Spring Festival, May Day, National Day, New Year's Day, or larger events. Some factories, enterprises, business places, the ribbon-cutting ceremony is also often without the unicorn to support the scene. The unicorn dance in Qingxi has left a good impression on hundreds of thousands of migrant workers.
Huangge Qilin Dance Dragon year to participate in the first national square folk song and dance competition held in Hangzhou won the highest will be "Mountain Flower Award", Qingxi Qilin Dance in the first Guangdong competition on the joy of winning the gold medal, which makes the Qingxi Qilin artists by a greater encouragement and encouragement.