What is the origin of dragon dance?

Dragon dance originated from the ancient people's worship of dragons. On festive festivals, people will dance dragons, starting from the Spring Festival, and then in February, they will raise dragons and hold the Dragon Boat Festival.

When dancing the dragon, the dragon follows the hydrangea to make various movements, interspersed, and constantly shows various postures such as twisting, waving, leaning back, kneeling, jumping and shaking. People pray for peace and harvest through dragon dancing, which has become a traditional folk culture all over the country.

In ancient times, dragon and lion dances were one of the programs of large festivals in a year. With the emigration of China people to all parts of the world, the present dragon and lion dance culture.

It is spread all over Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand, and has become an important symbol of China culture.

Dragon dance form:

1, dancing faucet

Dance dragon head is a ritual in ancestor worship activities in Fujian, which consists of the sun, the moon and the stars. The faucet is carved with wood and painted with color, which looks simple and solemn. When offering sacrifices to ancestors, leaders make various movements with the drums, either moving forward or backward, dancing or stopping, jumping or squatting, and there are certain rules. ?

The dance "Leading Dance" shows the birth and growth process of "Kowloon", including "The Birth of Kowloon", "Marrying the Water of the East China Sea" and "Walking Clouds and Rain". Routine performances such as "Looking for Relatives in Deep Pond" and "Back to Kowloon".

Step 2 dance, Malone

Malone dance is popular in Longxi, Jeju, Sichuan, and it is a sports activity to sacrifice ancestors. The performer wears a string of bronze bells around his waist, and the woman holds a colored stick with colored balls and ribbons, which is inlaid with iron rings and bronze bells; One end of the colored stick in the man's hand is tied into a beautiful faucet with hemp rope, and the other end is a 7-meter-long bearded dragon.

When gongs and drums sounded, the dragon's head rose and fell, Malone danced, Hua Gun rotated, the dragon hit the stick and kicked Malone. The flapping sound of the dragon body is intertwined with the bell at the waist, the iron ring on the stick, singing, drums and shouts, which has a unique style.