What kind of dances do people perform during the Spring Festival?

Dragon dance is one of the traditional Chinese dance forms, which can be traced back to the late Neolithic age. During the Spring Festival, people will form a long team, one holding a faucet and leading others to hold different parts of the dragon body in front and dance to the music. The dragon symbolizes good luck, which means that everything goes well and the weather is good in the new year.

Lion dance is a traditional dance with many performances. Its origin is also quite early, and it is said that it can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. During the Spring Festival, people will dress up as Jackie Chan, imitate the movements of lions and pray for peace and happiness in the new year. There are many kinds of lion dance movements, such as "New Year's greetings", "high jump" and "jumping", and every movement is full of festive atmosphere.

The legend of dragon dance

There is a legend that dragon dancing is purely a memorial and contains sacrificial elements. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a lotus village on the bank of Tiaoxi River. There is a lotus pond in front of the village, which is full of lotus flowers. Lotus saw her son turn into a dragon and fly into the sky, shouting loudly, but the dragon had already flown without a trace.

From then on, whenever there was a drought on both sides of Tiaoxi River, Xiaolong came to scatter clouds and rain. To thank it, the local people picked 749 lotus flowers from this pond and made a dragon with 999 petals. Because it is less than a piece of Chiba and my father's name is Bai Ye, I named it Baiyelong. Every Spring Festival, people beat gongs, drums and dragons.

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