What are the origins, forms and artistic features of Chongqing Tongliang Dragon Dance?

Tongliang dragon is one of the ancient varieties in Tongliang dragon lantern series. Since the Ming dynasty, it has been rooted in the people and passed down from generation to generation. On major festivals, dragons are always danced in the countryside, and there are dragonflies every night. Tongliang fire dragon originated from the industrial dragon in the ironmaking industry, and is most loved by people throughout the ages. Each fire dragon is 20 meters long and jumps from 1 1 person. Dragon dance is usually a combination of two dragons, with the help of percussion band, dried flower team, iron splash team, flower spray, fireworks and fireballs. More than 40 people in the whole dragon team danced. Tongliang Fire Dragon has distinctive features and infinite charm. The flavor is simple and rough, the atmosphere is fierce and hot, and the scene is grand and festive. Hot metal soup is strong and wild, with many hot spots. The naked dragon dancers dance in the splashing molten iron, giving people strong sensory stimulation, and changing from high excitement to pleasure and relaxation in the on-site viewing, thus obtaining a quaint and unusual artistic enjoyment. The dragon dance routine of Tongliang is smooth, and it is often used in the eighteen styles of Shuanglong Fire Array. Jinlong spits fire, swings up and down, links left and right, crosses back and forth, turns flowers inside and outside, wind and fire flywheel, wheel rotation, figure eight, high span tail, soaring garden, ascending to heaven, etc. They are interlocking in time and time, or leap over, or roll over, or alternate in form, which makes people dizzying. The bronze beam fire dragon can't leave the fire. It is a dance of dragon and fire, a comprehensive artistic expression of dragon and molten iron, sparks and smoke. It is mainly based on splashing water and striking iron, supplemented by different materials such as ignition, exit fire, mouth fire, head fire, ridge fire, belly fire, medium fire, tunnel fire and rising fire. , forming a fanatical fire. People dance in the fire and dragons fly in the fire, offering people a fascinating three-dimensional picture, which is extremely warm and colorful. Over the years, Tongliang Fire Dragon has not only performed in Chongqing, but also been invited to perform in Zigong, Guang 'an, Vu Thang, Guiyang, Duyun, Zibo, Yiwu, Quanzhou, Putian and other places in Sichuan, all of which are very popular.