Investigation Report on Dragon Lantern Culture in Songkan Town _ 1000 words

On the occasion of the traditional Spring Festival, the residents of Songkan Town began to play with dragon lanterns according to customs. The traditional Bandung consists of procedures such as leaving dragons, turning on lights, inviting dragon gods, visiting relatives to celebrate the New Year, and burning dragons to send them away. When opening the light, "Mr." murmured, gathered the power of all gods, and gave longan, dragon beard, dragon tail and other parts to make the dragon lantern have magical power and bless one side. After going to the river for some ceremonies and dances, the dragon lantern is the god possessed by the dragon god. Then the dragon lantern enters the house to pay New Year greetings, and the dragon dance team goes door to door to say some auspicious words to the host, mostly in the form of jingles, which are catchy and auspicious. At this time, the host family will give the Oolong team a certain red envelope to show their gratitude. Then the dragon dance team danced in the house and in front of the door for a while. The host family lit firecrackers and threw them at the dragon tail, which is customarily called "frying the dragon tail". The scene is very lively. However, with the passage of time, the dragon lantern culture is changing imperceptibly. In this regard, I conducted a survey and the results are as follows:

1, New Year greetings at home have become a channel for some residents to make money.

In the survey, there are 97. 3% of the residents think that dragon lanterns are used by some people to make money. Dragon dance teams are mostly idle street hooligans. They use the custom of dragon dancing to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, and organize dragon dancing teams during the Spring Festival, from which they can get a lot of money for nothing. The dragon dance team consists of about ten people. After a busy night, everyone's net income is above 100 yuan. This is undoubtedly a great temptation for them who have no skills. According to the custom, the dragon lantern is burned at the first day of the first month and on the fifteenth day of the first month. In other words, in just half a month, they can easily earn nearly 2000 yuan. This labor-saving and profitable way naturally becomes a means for them to earn wealth for nothing.

2. The connotation of dragon lantern culture has gradually lost.

In the survey, 98. 2% residents think that today's Dragon Lantern has lost its connotation and is meaningless. We are sons and daughters of the Chinese nation and descendants of the dragon. Dragon dancing is a traditional activity every year. Now, in the materialistic social background, the dragon dance has lost its profound cultural accumulation and turned into an entertainment activity, even a means of making money, which is undoubtedly a great sorrow! It is the sorrow of traditional culture, economic development and national spirit! When we turn our eyes to other activities, we can easily find that under the collision of interests, various activities are losing or have lost their connotations and changed their essence. Faced with this situation, we can only feel sorry.

Unfortunately, what should we do?

3. Many folk dragon dancing arts are disappearing.

In the survey, 94. 8% of residents over the age of 55 have seen dancing dragon, which is commonly known as "splashing iron", with 76. 5% of residents aged 25-55 have seen this scene, while only 3% of residents under 25 have seen dragon dancing. According to the old people, in their memory, there are dozens of dragon lantern dances. Wonderful pictures such as "dragon biting the tail", "dragon flying in the air", "dragon circling the beam" and "two dragons playing with pearls" are still deeply left in their minds. In retrospect, they are still full of praise and even amazed! But with the passage of time, people who dance dragon lanterns can change fewer and fewer images. Up to now, even the dragon lantern dance team is temporarily formed by some idle people. In the face of a group of money-oriented people, what kind of image can they expect to show?

With the rapid development of economy, people pay more and more attention to material enjoyment and ignore spiritual satisfaction. The ensuing problem is the loss of various traditional cultures and various folk arts. Faced with this situation, we should pay more attention to various traditional cultures, and more importantly, we should remember their profound cultural connotations and understand the profound significance behind them. Let our traditional culture go back to ancient times with the national spirit and never die.