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What are traditional cultural activities?

China's traditional cultural activities are:

1, Dragon Boat Race

Dragon boat race is the custom of Dragon Boat Festival, and it is also one of the most important folk activities of Han nationality. It is widespread in southern China, and there are also dragon boat races in cities near rivers, lakes and seas in the north, and most of them are held in the form of dragon boat rowing and dragon boat dancing.

There are many opinions about the origin of dragon boat race, such as offering sacrifices to Cao E, Qu Yuan, water god or dragon god, which can be traced back to the end of primitive society. Dragon boat racing was first introduced to neighboring countries such as Japan, Vietnam and Britain. It is the official event of Guangzhou Asian Games in 20 10, and has been included in the national intangible cultural heritage list.

2, dragon dance performance:?

Dragon dancing, commonly known as playing with dragon lanterns, is one of the traditional folk cultural activities of the Han nationality that originated in China. People use dragon dancing to pray for the blessing of dragons on festive days, so as to achieve the purpose of good weather and abundant crops. The main prop of dragon dance is "dragon". Dragons are made of grass, bamboo and cloth. Odd numbers of dragon festivals are auspicious, and nine-festival dragons, eleven-festival dragons and thirteen-festival dragons are more common, with a maximum of 29 festivals.

3, lion dance:

Lion dance is an excellent folk art in China. Whenever festivals or gatherings are held to celebrate, people always entertain themselves by dancing lions. Lion dance is divided into north and south, and the lion dance in Guangdong is the most famous in the south. Lions are made of colored strips of cloth. Every lion has two people performing together, one dancing in the head and the other dancing in the tail. Under the sound of gongs and drums, the performers dressed up as lions and made various movements of lions. Lion dancers should show southern martial arts with various moves when performing, which is very masculine.