Legend of the origin of lion dance in Lantern Festival

# Lantern Festival # Introduction Lion Dance is an excellent folk art in China. Whenever the Lantern Festival or an assembly is celebrated, people come to the lion dance for entertainment. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and was popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of 1000 years. The following is the legend of the origin of lion dance in Lantern Festival. Welcome to read!

1. Legend of the origin of lion dance in Lantern Festival

According to legend, it was first introduced from the western regions, and the lion was the mount of Manjusri Bodhisattva. As Buddhism was introduced into China, lion dance was also introduced into China. The lion is a tribute brought back with the peacock after Emperor Wu of Han sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions. However, the skill of lion dance originated from Xiliang's "masked play". Some people think that lion dance originated from the army in the fifth century and was later introduced to the people. Both statements have their own basis, and it is difficult to judge whether they are right or wrong today. However, in the Tang Dynasty, lion dance has become a popular activity in the court, the army and the people. Tang Duanan Festival "Yuefu Miscellaneous Search" said: "There are five lions in the play, more than ten feet high, each with five colors. Each lion has 12 people, wearing red stripes, wearing clothes and painting clothes, and holding red pens. They are called lion lang and dance Taiping music. " The poet Bai Juyi described it vividly in his poem "West Cool Geisha": "West Cool Geisha, West Cool Geisha, Masked Hu Ren, False Lion. Wood carvings at the head and tail, gold-plated eyes and silver teeth. Fenxun sweaters have ears, such as coming to Wan Li from quicksand. " This poem describes the scene of lion dance at that time.

In the development of 1000 years, lion dance has formed two performance styles, north and south. The lion dance in the Northern School is mainly a performance of "lion dance", that is, the little lion named "Ruishi" was hand-picked by Wei Wudi in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the big lion danced with two people, one standing at the lion's head and the other bending down to dance the lion's body and tail.

The lion dancer is covered with a lion quilt, wearing green lion pants and golden claw boots of the same color as the lion's body. People can't recognize the lion dancer's body, and its shape is very similar to that of a real lion.

The lion guide dressed as an ancient warrior, holding a spinning hydrangea with Beijing gongs, drums and cymbals to tease the lion. Under the guidance of "Lion Lang", lions perform somersaults, jumps, climbs, bows down and other techniques, as well as some difficult movements such as walking plum blossom piles, jumping on tables and stepping on bowling balls.

Shi Wen is the main performance of the Southern Lion Dance. When performing, it pays attention to expressions, such as scratching, shaking hair, licking hair and so on. Vivid and lovely, but also have difficult skills such as spitting the ball. South Lion, centered in Guangdong, is popular in Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia. Although the Southern Lion is also a duet, the lion dancers are all dressed in knickerbockers, and only a colorful lion is danced. Different from the lions in the north, "Lion Lang" wears a big head Buddha mask, a cassock, a ribbon around his waist and a sunflower fan in his hand to tease the lions, thus dancing all kinds of beautiful movements, which is ridiculous. There are many schools of southern lions, such as the lion with the head of a dog in Qingyuan and Yingde, the lion with a big head in Guangzhou and Foshan, the duck-billed lion in Gaohe and Zhongshan, and the unicorn lion in Dongguan.

In addition to their different shapes, heather also has different personalities. The white beard lion dance method is not wide, and there are not many varieties of colors, but it is calm and powerful. Folk call it "Liu Beishi". The black-bearded red-faced lion, known as "Guan Gong Lion", is brave and majestic, with extraordinary verve. Gray bearded lion, rough and aggressive, commonly known as "Zhang". The lion is the statue of all animals, and its image is majestic and martial, giving people a sense of majesty and bravery.

The ancients regarded it as a symbol of courage and strength, and thought it could ward off evil spirits and keep people and animals safe. Therefore, people gradually formed the custom of dancing lions during the Lantern Festival and other major events, hoping for good luck and peace of life.

2. Legend of the origin of Lantern Festival

1, Lantern Festival is designed to commemorate Pinglu during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. According to legend, after his death, a ministry in Lv Hou will be afraid of the complete works and plot to rebel. Liu Nang, the imperial clan, and Zhou Bo, the founding elder, put down the "chaos of all roads" together. After the rebellion, the ministers made Liu Heng, the second son of Liu Bang, the Chinese Emperor. Deeply impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, Emperor Wen designated the 15th day of the first month of the first month, when the "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was put down, as a day to have fun with the people, and every household in Beijing celebrated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival "Lantern Festival".

Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, is the first full moon night celebrated by people in a year. According to the "ternary theory" of Taoism, the fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is Xiayuan Festival. The officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower elements are heaven, earth and man respectively. The celestial officials are happy and the Lantern Festival should be lit. The custom of lighting lanterns and setting off fireworks on the Lantern Festival comes from this saying.

Lantern Festival originated from Torch Festival. In the Han dynasty, people held torches in rural fields to drive away insects and wild animals, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a bumper harvest. To this day, people in some areas in southwest China still use reeds or branches as torches on the 15th day of the first month, and hold high in groups to dance in fields or grain drying fields. Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been in full swing. Tens of thousands of people took part in singing and dancing, from faint to dark. With the changes of society and times, the customs and habits of Lantern Festival have changed greatly, but it is still a traditional folk festival in China, and torches have gradually turned into colored lights.

Since the middle Tang Dynasty, the Lantern Festival has developed into a national carnival in China, so it is the most thorough and typical traditional festival.

In most places, Lantern Festival customs include eating Yuanxiao, watching lanterns and solving riddles on lanterns, as well as drumming, dragon dancing and lion dancing, but there are also unique customs in the north and south.

3. Lantern Festival composition

Lantern Festival is one of the four major festivals in China. As soon as the Lantern Festival is over, the Spring Festival will be over, so this day is very grand and lively. In the past, people mainly watched lanterns and dragon dances, but now fireworks are set off, and people watching fireworks has become one of the ways to celebrate festivals.

A little after seven o'clock in the evening, I anxiously asked my parents to take me to the workers' stadium. I heard that fireworks will be set off at eight o'clock sharp. Walking in the street, I saw many people who wanted to see fireworks as much as I did. Everyone, old and young, seems to be happy. There are so many people. It's packed.

At eight o'clock, only a few dull sounds were heard. Fireworks fly into the sky with red sparks, and a few crunches make several beautiful flowers bloom in the night sky. Their shapes and colors are different, including colorful starry sky, golden dandelion, purple morning glory, fiery red rose, pink rose, silver lily and so on.

With the sound of guns, people are exclaiming and admiring. In the night, people's slightly raised faces are also changing in colors, showing happy smiles.

4. Lantern Festival composition

Today is the 15th day of the first month, which is a traditional festival in China-Lantern Festival.

On the Lantern Festival, we can eat Yuanxiao, which looks like glutinous rice balls. The fillings of Yuanxiao are: brown sugar, roses, honey and so on. Let me introduce my experience in making Yuanxiao.

Lantern Festival includes hollow Lantern Festival and solid Lantern Festival. My mother cut the pumpkin, steamed it, and mixed it with glutinous rice flour to make dough. I made pumpkin hollow Yuanxiao, because Yuanxiao is sticky, so I rubbed it with my mother. I said, "I'm really tired!" " I really want to eat it in one bite! "

After that, I wiped my sweat and prepared for the next thing. I knead the dough into small balls, the size must be even, because it is made of pumpkin, so it is yellow. I rub, I rub, I rub. ...

Originally, how difficult it is to make Yuanxiao! I must cherish food in the future. Mother put Yuanxiao in the pot and cooked it in a short time. I can't wait to eat Yuanxiao. Wow! How delicious! However, it was only a little hot, and I said happily, "The dishes I worked so hard to cook are really delicious!

5. Lantern Festival composition

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, just after the Spring Festival, the traditional festival Lantern Festival in China was ushered in.

In the morning, my mother received a short message: On the Lantern Festival, all the children in jathyapple are round, and the whole family is eating glutinous rice balls happily, which is full of sweetness and happiness every year. Mom smiled all over her face and praised OK. The most lively part of the Lantern Festival is in the evening, because everyone gets together to have a reunion dinner, watch lanterns and eat jiaozi ... It's very lively. So, after the reunion dinner in the evening, I asked my mother to take me to the second district of Fang Jing to see lanterns.

As soon as I walked in, I saw many colorful lights around the tree, which made Grandpa Tree very enchanting. Further on, I looked up and saw a magnificent rooster, surrounded by a fat hen and many lovely chickens, who were still singing together. On the left is a little doll wearing a Chinese corset picking lotus roots, which is very cute. There is a rooster crowing on the right, as if to remind us to go to bed early and get up early every day.

Next to the cock crowing, there is a beautiful chicken with colorful feathers, which seems to be competing with other chickens. In front of the "beautiful chicken", there is a golden married couple who are celebrating the New Year with everyone. This street is full of laughter and color at night!

When I got home, I ate a bowl of sweet glutinous rice balls, which was sweet in my mouth and sweet in my heart.