The folk art of dragon lanterns is a centuries-old folk custom in Heshang Town. The dragon head and tail are made by the folk organization "Lao Long Sheng Association". The dragon's head is about 1.5 meters high and weighs more than 50 kilograms, and the shape is very delicate and complex, requiring the careful tying of craftsmen, and only a few old people in Xitou Village in Heshang Town have retained this skill. The part of the dragon body (dragon section) is made according to the uniform size by the participants from each village, each showing their own skills. Generally, there are more than 200 dragon segments that make up the body of the dragon. In the tradition of the dragon dance in Heshang, about half a month before the New Year's Eve, villagers from several villages get together to buy materials and start making the dragon, and then the dragon dance starts on the 13th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. Dragon dance by the three high light (note) and three colorful za high horse lead, nearly a thousand strong young people to participate in the dance, the cited waving bead ball, with the rough rhythm of the gongs and drums, the cited dragons to tease the "grab beads", teasing the dragon swimming and dancing. Where the board dragon dance, the village men, women and children come to watch, and also attracted guests from afar, really lively. In 1983, Hangzhou held a lantern festival and invited the dragon lanterns to perform. After receiving the invitation, the old people worked day and night to make the plate dragon, and it took more than a week to make a 400-meter-long plate dragon, which filled up three big trucks. In the Wulin Square dance up the plate dragon won the audience again and again clapping, at that time caused a sensation.
The dragon dance revelry continues until the Lantern Festival, at 12 o'clock on the night of the Lantern Festival, people will burn the dragon's head, in order to pray for the year to be able to wind and rain, the country and the people's peace, wealth and well-being.