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The Dragon Dance, commonly known as the Dragon Lantern Dance, is a traditional Han Chinese folk cultural activity originating in China. The dragon dance originated from the ancient people's worship of the dragon, every celebration of the festival, people will dance the dragon, from the Spring Festival began to dance the dragon, and then in February, "the dragon carries the head", the Dragon Boat Festival also dance the dragon.
During the dragon dance, the dragon follows the embroidered ball to make various movements, interspersed, constantly displaying a variety of postures such as twisting, swinging, tilting, kneeling, jumping and shaking. So praying for peace and a good harvest by means of the dragon dance has become a folk culture of the Han people all over the country.
Dragon and lion dances were one of the programs in the large festivals in the ancient times. With the immigration of Chinese people to different parts of the world, the culture of dragon and lion dances has spread throughout mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Southeast Asia, as well as Europe, the United States, Australia and New Zealand where Chinese people are concentrated, and it has become an important symbol of Chinese culture.
The Dragon Dance is a traditional sport in which the dancers are guided by the dragon beads, holding the dragon tools, accompanied by drums and music, and accomplishing the dragon's game, wearing, prancing, leaping, tumbling, rolling, playing, entangling, grouping and modeling through the human body's movement and postural changes, and other actions and routines, which fully demonstrates the essence of the dragon, the spirit, the spirit, the rhyme and other contents.
The Chinese nation is the world's most populous country, the world wherever there are Chinese people living in the "dragon" as a good-luck object, in the festivals, congratulations, blessings, exorcism, sacrifices to the gods, temple fairs, etc., there are "dragon" dance customs. This is because the dragon is the totem that the Chinese people have worshipped for generations.
The dragon is a god of the sea, in ancient times was regarded as a magical thing that can move clouds and rain, eliminate disasters and bring good fortune. For thousands of years, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor have referred to themselves as the "descendants of the dragon". Dragon dance, in folklore and the dragon has a close connection, just different places, customs are different, which also fully reflects our country because of the vastness of the region, the diversity of folk culture.