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Among the traditional entertainment programs, "Dragon Lantern" and "Lion Dance" are the most exciting. Playing dragon lanterns is quite clever, and the dancing of dragon lanterns needs the cooperation of young men and women above 10. In full swing, the dragon rolled left and right, flying in the air, wild and uninhibited, showing a magnificent trend of crossing the river, as well as thrilling actions such as "discount", "peeling" and "rolling the dragon" Sometimes, all the dragon lanterns just gather in one place, and several dragons get together to perform "grabbing the dragon ball". See colorful, dancing, thunder and lightning. Dragon dance symbolizes that this year will be a good year and the crops will be bumper. It is said that the Dragon Lantern Dance in Longwan, Liaocheng was performed in Beijing many times from Kangxi to Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, and was highly appreciated by Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong. Playing with lions is also called "lion dance". Its appearance is similar to a real lion. The whole body is made of ramie dyed dark green or golden yellow, sewn on double thick cloth, and combed into a dense lion body. Its head is huge and ferocious, fierce and terrible, its mouth can be opened and closed, and a string of bronze bells is hung around its neck, making a deafening noise. When dancing, two people cooperate, one holding the head and the other doing the tail. The people behind follow the lion's head, follow the trend, move quickly, and the tail keeps shaking. The lion's big mouth opens and closes for a while. Another lion leader, dressed as a warrior, wore a Tang Dynasty knickerbockers shirt with tight buttons, a red belt around his waist, a green handkerchief wrapped around his head, fast boots on his feet, and hydrangea in his hand. He led the lion to the front, kicked first and then jumped, so as to induce the lion to dance, which led him to run with his teeth bared, suddenly looked up, suddenly turned his head down, suddenly crawled, and suddenly shook his head and wagged his tail.

Perform a lion dance

Play the lion. According to legend, it was introduced by Yuan Zhen in the Tang Dynasty for Sima in Tongzhou, and they played traditional lion and dragon games together during the Spring Festival. It consists of "lion guide" and "lion juggler". The lion wears a mask of "big-head monk dance Dance" made of hard paper, shakes his shoulders in front of the lion, and takes humorous actions such as "big splayed step" or "squatting and stretching his legs" or "T-step", which is even more amusing to attract the lion.

Playing a lion is usually played by two people: one plays the lion's head in front and the other plays the lion's tail in the back (some are played by one person). He wore a lion's skin, and kept shaking it with the lion's movements, and immediately danced, jumped and posed according to the situation at that time, charming and awkward, and percussion instruments set off the atmosphere.

Lion fighting can be divided into two forms: "rolling lion" and "high-platform lion". "Rolling lion" is a lion dance on the ground, while "Gaotai lion" is an acrobatic performance, which combines martial arts with lion dance, with unique style and high artistic attainments. During the performance, several square tables (up to more than ten) overlap to form a high platform, and the top square table should be placed "feet up". The performer performed on the four feet of the table, which was very spectacular and thrilling.

At the same time, there are acrobatic programs such as platform jumping, hoop jumping and sedan chair bar.

Tibetans play with lions

Playing lions is called "Sangji" in Tibetan, just like playing in the mainland, as a celebration. The Tibetan ancient book "Baxie" records that at the seasonal tribute ceremony held in Sanye Temple, "all Tibetans put on ornaments, held tributes and sang and danced around the city wall. Dancers perform skills such as lion dance and archery. " In ancient times, there were people playing with lions in temples and villages in Tibet. Two people dressed as lions, one dressed as a lion boy with a mask. Lion men are all well-trained and skilled teenagers, jumping around and doing somersaults. Most of them have acrobatic movements such as forward somersault, cartwheel, cartwheel, carp beating, diving and forward somersault. The Draft of the History of Qing Dynasty also records: "Arsalan Lesi is a lion show. He is seven feet long and has five colors of hair. Fan Min monk Ge Yi. The lion's head is dressed in miscellaneous clothes, with a rope in his hand and a colorful waist ball tied, and Shang Geyi Harraca. " "'Arsalan' refers to the Tibetan lion dance, and ordinary people are good at it. Labrang and Dege's little novice monk are famous traditions. "

"Southern Lion Show" is one of the reserved programs of Huanglongxi during the Lantern Festival.

Southern lion, also known as lion awakening and competition pile array, is very popular in Lingnan area of China. In recent years, with the vigorous promotion of the Dragon and Lion Sports Association, it has also developed in the north (such as Liaoning, Tianjin, Shandong and other places). With the migration of China people, Heather is also one of the most popular traditional sports in China in the world.

Modern acrobatic lion dance originated in the 1980s. A single lion consists of a lion's head and a lion's tail. On a pile array with a length of 10- 14m, it uses various gait steps, the maximum of which is not more than 3m, and the minimum is not more than 0.8m It interprets the joy, anger and jump of the lion through difficult movements such as prancing, moving, flashing and jumping. In the process of performance, its soothing euphemism makes people laugh and applaud; When it flies around, it makes people tremble and excited.

The South Lion is exaggerated in shape and bright in color, and its drumming is even more shocking and alarming. It can be said that Photinia is a traditional sports event in China, which integrates ornamental, artistic and competitive features, and has strong auspicious, festive colors and atmosphere rendering ability.

Playing with lions also has a long history in Huanglongxi, which originated from the Southern Song Dynasty just like the fire dragon. Now the lion played by Huanglongxi belongs to the Southern Lion, that is, it is performed on a pile. The whole South Lion Team consists of 10 people. Except for two performances of lion's head and lion's tail, the others are responsible for musical instruments and pile protection respectively. Plum blossom pile is an important equipment for South Lion performance. There are 12 piles with heights ranging from 1 m to 2.7m.. Accompanied by the band, the lion began to perform on the pile, jumping and acting on this 12 pile respectively. Because its movements are quite realistic, it is very popular with people.

Play with dragon lanterns

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Ximazhuang in Zhoucun was famous for playing dragon lanterns. Bamboo is used to tie Jackie Chan's head, body and tail, and small cloth is used for painting. Later, it was changed to a dragon's tail, and the dragon body was divided into nine sections, one after another with cloth strips, stretching and bending freely.

Now longan has changed from the original candle to lightning, which is more intense. The dragon head is gilded with silver, and the dragon body is made of tulle paper and glazed. It is colorful and spectacular. When playing with dragon lanterns, they are all dragons, one is red (fire dragon) and the other is green (later changed to blue, which is Qinglong), with cloud lanterns, all made of bamboo and coated with gauze paste.

Play with dragon lanterns and perform many tricks. Generally speaking, there are "Big Wheel", "Claw Horn Ring", "Tiger Jumping on the Stream", "Two Dragons Playing with Beads", "Double Dragons Piercing Armor" and "Two Dragons Playing in the Water". During the performance, drums and music are playing, followed by various famous songs, such as Celebrating Peace and Facing the Emperor.

Play with dragon lanterns

Update time: 2005- 10- 15 special issue source: this site is original.

□ Chuanweng

Ezhou's folk cultural and artistic activities are diverse and rich in content, among which playing with dragon lanterns is the most important one. It is a comprehensive folk activity that integrates "picking lanterns", "paper horse", "martial arts", "beating people" and "ceremony".

Dragon lanterns appeared in the Han Dynasty. According to historical records, the dragon lantern in Ezhou has a history of more than 200 years. From the morphological point of view, there are Panlong, Rolling Dragon, Fire Dragon, Bench Dragon and Centipede Dragon. As far as different festivals are concerned, there are dragon boats, dry dragon boats and hairy boats. These dragon lanterns and dragon boats with different expressions have many interesting folk customs in a strong folk atmosphere.

Once every three years. There is a folk saying: "Dragon lanterns and lions carry lotus boats once every three years, which is passed down from generation to generation." It has been established among the people that all the dragon lantern teams in urban and rural areas, no matter which surname or village, must play dragon lanterns continuously for three years. For example, in Xielu Village, Guangxu 60 years ago, the older generation played dragon lanterns, because War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression only played for two years, and then it was interrupted. Sixty years later, the villagers volunteered to raise money for the "incense wish" of the older generation, and asked the master to tie dragon lanterns and learn to play. In less than a year, the Dragon Lantern Team organized a tall dragon, three rolling dragons and two sets of lanterns such as gongs and drums. The villagers were full of praise: "Lu Xie's lanterns are wonderful, and they became famous in the village 60 years ago. Sixty years later, the water in Lianchanggang was also stirred happily ... "It can be seen that the villagers' dragon lantern complex is extraordinary. In the past few years, Lu Xie's Dragon Lantern has also participated in large-scale celebrations, such as the opening of Hubei Yellow Bridge and the completion of Phoenix Square.

The number of sections is single. Dragon lantern consists of dragon head and dragon tail. Generally, the number of dragon lantern festivals varies from place to place, but each dragon lantern includes a dragon head and a dragon tail, and no matter how many festivals, it can't be even. In the early years, when Yanji's Baijielong entered the city, it meandered a long street and turned a corner, which made it famous for a while, but it was actually only 99 knots. Why can't it be even? There are several different sayings among the people. One said, "Heroes only play ninety-nine, not full." Too much will be counterproductive; One said: "centipede dragon is a dragon in the sky, and folk paper is tied." Playing casually is an offense to Rowen and a blasphemy to God! " So you can't play a whole hundred dragons; There is also a saying related to the "Yin-Yang view" of the ancients, which holds that the singular belongs to Yang and the even belongs to Yin. As the head of the four ancient gods, the dragon, even a paper dragon lantern, should show "masculinity, the essence of the sun and the moon"! Only in this way can we be lucky and healthy.

There is express delivery. According to the old rules, the dragon lantern must be tied up years ago, set up a high platform for worship, and incense will continue. No one is allowed to touch it at will. The dragon lantern team in the east gate of the city was like this after liberation. It was not until the 13th day of the first month that the Taoist priest was invited to "open the light" (commonly known as the dragon receiving ceremony) and the lantern test was conducted that the dragon lantern was able to travel and participate in various assembly activities. The solitaire ceremony was pious and solemn. It is necessary to carry out complicated procedures such as "drilling eyes", "opening throat", "opening ears and ears", "activating dragon claws", "burning lamps to invite gods", divining divination, killing chickens to get blood (showing evil) and so on. In this way, the paper dragon lantern has "activity" and "aura" After half a month, Taoist priests were still invited to perform the ceremony of "sending God". No matter how many dragon lanterns there are everywhere, the dragon head and tail should be taken down. Choose a place near the lake or the water's edge, and after the Taoist priest's "sending God", the dragon head and the dragon tail will blend together. (commonly known as "dragon-sending god") The remaining "dragon clothes" and "dragon festival" should be properly preserved, and only the dragon head and the dragon tail can be connected for use next year.

At present, the year is approaching, and some village groups near Guangxu, Yuehe, Jiangjun, Wulidun, Lin Ze, Yanji and other suburbs are scrambling to tie dragon lanterns and prepare for the Spring Festival with great joy.

The folk custom of playing with dragon lanterns was very popular in the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the Spring Festival and wish a bumper harvest in the coming year. My hometown Ruoshan Village (movie) will have dragon lanterns in the Spring Festival, and there will be a lively scene in the Spring Festival.

Playing with dragon lanterns in our village is also called "lighting" and "wearing lanterns". The styles of dragon lanterns are different, and every village is fragrant. In my hometown, there are arch lights, fruit lights, dragon lights and so on. The most beautiful and complicated lanterns are lanterns. Lantern is very popular in our village this year.

There are also many rules for playing with dragon lanterns, such as cutting the light board (when old), catching a glimpse of a good tree at someone else's village entrance, letting people put it down in the middle of the night, hanging long firecrackers and carrying it away loudly, and the tree owner knows that he will not call it a thief; There is also an unruly rule in playing dragon lanterns, that is, the old dragon lantern board must be "played" as soon as it lands-playing dragon lanterns requires certain human and financial resources. Generally, natural villages only play once every three years, five years or even the first ten years. Sometimes, young people shout happily to play and pry the board, and the whole village will be busy, busy, busy, and no one dares to think about it. Lantern players get up early and go to the Lantern Hall. In addition to washing their hands well, they have to step over the lit grass smoke to get rid of the smell of people. This is actually a kind of piety to the dragon culture.

Playing with dragon lanterns is at the "dragon head" (the person who looks up at the board), and his skill is at the "second arch", but he is tired of "hanging ponytails". There is a saying that "when the faucet swings, the ponytail breaks its leg." There are many tricks to play lanterns, such as Longpan Dojo, Xiaolong Qingtian, Xia Long Embroidery, Dragon Point Pearl and so on. Playing dragon lanterns is not only in one's own village, but also giving lanterns to neighboring villages. It's called a newspaper. Whoever arrives at the door will answer the light, and the light will be red, the old man will be red for his birthday, and the children will be red for their children. A piece of red silk presents a dragon crown, which is a good wish and good luck.

Playing with dragon lanterns is a traditional folk culture, which originated from Taoism, so its play is accompanied by the effective color of Taoism. For example, at the beginning, the Taoist priests turned on and off the lights together, and then went up the mountain. At the fifteenth (or twenty-second) round lantern, the Taoist priest chanted "scattered lights", which probably meant to send God back to his original place and make everyone happy. This is an exciting moment. After the Taoist priest finished reading "The Return of the Dragon", he said "San", and the owner of the lamp board flew home with it. It is said that whoever runs home first, whose husband and son have never been tried.

The dragon is a symbol of good fortune for the Chinese nation. It has strength, momentum, supernatural power, cohesion and affinity. The dragon lantern endowed with the image of dragon shows China people's celebration of a better life and enterprise desire. Playing dragon lanterns in my village also reflects the good wishes of the whole village. In the past two years, the village has not been peaceful enough. May the dragon lantern bring good luck to my village.

May the dragon lantern in the first month of each year bring good luck and auspiciousness to the whole world.

Thank you for your choice.