Why did dragon dance become the traditional culture of the Chinese nation?

Why did dragon dance become the traditional culture of the Chinese nation? Dragon is the totem and symbol of China. When it dances, it symbolizes the prosperity and strength of China! In China culture, dragons represent good luck. Noble. Brave. It is a symbol of power, so dragon dancing is a traditional culture in China.

Dragon is a nation and mysterious god in China. "Dragon" is a totem worshipped by China people from generation to generation. In ancient times, China people regarded "dragon" as a magical thing, which could spread clouds and rain, eliminate disasters and reduce happiness. For thousands of years, people in China called themselves "descendants of dragons".

Dragon dance refers to a traditional sports activity in which the dragon dancer, under the guidance of the dragon ball, holds dragon tools and accompanies drum music, and completes the dragon's movements and routines such as swimming, wearing, soaring, jumping, turning, rolling, beating, winding and group painting through the changes of human body movements and postures, so as to fully display the dragon's essence, spirit, qi and rhyme. The Chinese nation is the most populous country in the world. Wherever there are Chinese living in the world, the "dragon" is regarded as an auspicious thing. During festivals, congratulations, blessings, exorcism, worship of gods and temple fairs, there is the custom of dancing "dragons".

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. During festivals, especially the Lantern Festival, many places have the custom of dancing dragons. When dancing the dragon, the dragon makes various movements with the hydrangea, or leaps, or rolls, or rolls up, or inserts, and constantly presents various postures such as twisting, swinging, leaning back, kneeling, jumping and shaking. Legend has it that dragons can sow clouds and rain, eliminate disasters and reduce happiness, symbolizing good luck, so dragon dancing and praying for a safe harvest have become the folk culture of Han people all over the country. In ancient times, dragon and lion dances were one of the programs of large festivals in a year. With Chinese emigrating to other parts of the world, dragon dance culture has spread all over China, Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong, Southeast Asia, Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand, and has become a symbol of China culture.

The Chinese nation is a creative nation. Throughout the world, people of all nationalities perform dragon dances in a wide variety with their own characteristics. There are nearly 100 kinds of dragons here, including grass dragon, hairy dragon (Shiqian, Guizhou), human dragon, cloth dragon, paper dragon, flower dragon, basket dragon, Duan Long, Candle dragon, drunken dragon, bamboo leaf dragon, lotus dragon, bench dragon, shoulder dragon, earthworm, seven clever dragons, big head dragon, luminous dragon and fireworks dragon. The number of dragon lanterns is generally 7 knots, 9 knots and 13 knots. From a long time ago, the dragon dance lasted for a long time and was passed down from generation to generation. Dragon dance is no longer a unique "self-metaphor" project of a certain ethnic group, but belongs to all ethnic groups. Today, in this big multi-ethnic family of our motherland, "Dragon" has become the symbol of the whole Chinese nation. The creation and spread of dragon dance is a part of the glorious history of the whole Chinese nation and is deeply loved by our nation and people. There are many kinds of lanterns in the Lantern Festival, including flowers, insects, birds and animals, but the most prominent and huge one is the "dragon lantern".

Dragons are named after straw. Make a bibcock with a mouth, horns, eyes and a beard with a straw, make a seven-section dragon body with the same thickness as the neck of the bibcock with a bundle of straw, and then make a fishtail with nine sections, with straw connected in series at every other section and a bamboo pole inserted in each section. The grass and dragon dances are mainly held in Tujia rural cottages. Every year from May to July in the lunar calendar, it is the time to dance grass and dragons. The significance of dragon dance is that entertainment includes expelling plague and preventing fire.

Drive out the plague. During May and June of the lunar calendar, the rice straw seedlings in the field are in a vigorous period, the weather is hot, and there are many pests and diseases, among which the devastating pest is "rice blast". In an era when science and technology are backward and hard to prevent, it has long been a habit for Tujia farmers to dance grass to drive away rice blast and gather people for entertainment. Dancing grass to drive dragons away from the epidemic, starting from the village to the fields, dancing along the road in turn in every paddy field and every mound ridge, with the same dance movements as lantern dragons. The Dragon Dance Team, playing the trumpet, firing three cannons, beating gongs and drums, setting off firecrackers and performing dance skills, is quite spectacular. After dancing in all the fields in their respective villages, the grass will take the dragon to the stream and burn it. This is called sending the dragon back to the sea.

Remove the flame. Around the Dragon Boat Festival in May or July of the lunar calendar, the rice in the village is about to mature. On the day of dragon dance, a basin of water and a sieve of whole grains were placed in the middle of every hall in the village, waiting for the dragon dance team to come. In the dragon dance team, in addition to dancing nine grass dragons, one of them broke a 10-foot-long bamboo into a boat shape with a pot of charcoal fire in the middle, and two people carried it. There are also three archers, archers and toast, and then there are a group of free spectators. The dragon dance team, led by the toast, started from the first village head and entered every room from top to bottom. After that, the faucet nodded three times to the shrine of the room, and then circled the room, dancing all kinds of tricks. At this time, the water shooter uses a water gun (the shape is the same as that in Chapter 3 "Water Gun") to absorb water from the basin, and shoots water to the southeast, northwest and middle five sides (meaning to put out the fire), and even grabs the grains in the sieve and leaves them in the southeast, northwest and middle five sides. When they were left outside the gate of the China Club, the Dragon Dance Team went out to dance in another club. After all the families in the village finished dancing, the grass came to the stream with dragons and flames, burned it and poured it back into the sea. The meaning of dancing the dragon and moving the flame is: ask the dragon to move the flame god out of the village to avoid fire and ensure peace.

Why dragon dance has become the traditional culture of the Chinese nation is briefly described as follows:

Because the dragon is the symbol of China, and the dragon dance symbolizes the prosperity of China!

Since ancient times, the descendants of the Chinese people have always claimed to be the descendants of the dragon, which represents auspiciousness in China culture. Noble. Brave. It is a symbol of power, so dragon dancing is a traditional culture in China.

The detailed version is as follows:

Dragons are named after straw. Make a bibcock with a mouth, horns, eyes and a beard with a straw, make a seven-section dragon body with the same thickness as the neck of the bibcock with a bundle of straw, and then make a fishtail with nine sections, with straw connected in series at every other section and a bamboo pole inserted in each section. The grass and dragon dances are mainly held in Tujia rural cottages. Every year from May to July in the lunar calendar, it is the time to dance grass and dragons. The significance of dragon dance is that entertainment includes expelling plague and preventing fire.

Drive out the plague. During May and June of the lunar calendar, the rice straw seedlings in the field are in a vigorous period, the weather is hot, and there are many pests and diseases, among which the devastating pest is "rice blast". In an era when science and technology are backward and hard to prevent, it has long been a habit for Tujia farmers to dance grass to drive away rice blast and gather people for entertainment. Dancing grass to drive dragons away from the epidemic, starting from the village to the fields, dancing along the road in turn in every paddy field and every mound ridge, with the same dance movements as lantern dragons. The Dragon Dance Team, playing the trumpet, firing three cannons, beating gongs and drums, setting off firecrackers and performing dance skills, is quite spectacular. After dancing in all the fields in their respective villages, the grass will take the dragon to the stream and burn it. This is called sending the dragon back to the sea.

Remove the flame. Around the Dragon Boat Festival in May or July of the lunar calendar, the rice in the village is about to mature. On the day of dragon dance, a basin of water and a sieve of whole grains were placed in the middle of every hall in the village, waiting for the dragon dance team to come. In the dragon dance team, in addition to dancing nine grass dragons, one of them broke a 10-foot-long bamboo into a boat shape with a pot of charcoal fire in the middle, and two people carried it. There are also three archers, archers and toast, and then there are a group of free spectators. The dragon dance team, led by the toast, started from the first village head and entered every room from top to bottom. After that, the faucet nodded three times to the shrine of the room, and then circled the room, dancing all kinds of tricks. At this time, the water shooter uses a water gun (the shape is the same as that in Chapter 3 "Water Gun") to absorb water from the basin, and shoots water to the southeast, northwest and middle five sides (meaning to put out the fire), and even grabs the grains in the sieve and leaves them in the southeast, northwest and middle five sides. When they were left outside the gate of the China Club, the Dragon Dance Team went out to dance in another club. After all the families in the village finished dancing, the grass came to the stream with dragons and flames, burned it and poured it back into the sea. The meaning of dancing the dragon and moving the flame is: ask the dragon to move the flame god out of the village to avoid fire and ensure peace.

Dragon dancing is the most traditional custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong. From the evening of the 14th August of the lunar calendar every year, a grand dragon dance has been held in the Tai Hang area of Causeway Bay for three consecutive nights. This fire dragon is more than 70 meters long, and it is tied into 32 dragon bodies with pearl grass, which is full of longevity incense. On the night of the grand event, the streets and alleys in this area, a series of winding and undulating fire dragons danced happily under the light and dragon and drum music, which was very lively. & ltbr & gt There is another legend about the origin of the Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival fire dragon dance: A long time ago, after the typhoon hit Tai Hang District, a python appeared and did evil everywhere. The villagers searched everywhere and finally killed it. Unexpectedly, the python disappeared the next day. A few days later, a plague broke out in the pit. At this time, the elders in the village suddenly got a dream from the Bodhisattva, saying that as long as they jumped the fire dragon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, they could drive away the plague. Coincidentally, it did work. Since then, the dragon dance has been passed down to this day. & ltbr & gt No matter how superstitious this legend is, China is the hometown of dragons, and it has been 100 years since the Mid-Autumn Festival in Taihang Mountain, which is worth cherishing. At present, the dragon dance activities in Dakeng District are quite large, including head coach, coach, general commander and conductor, security team and so on. More than 30,000 people take turns dancing dragons.

People in China are descendants of the dragon, and commemorating the dragon is tantamount to commemorating the ancestors' dragon dancing, which is also ornamental and the inheritance of performance forms.

Because the dragon is the symbol of China, and the dragon dance symbolizes the prosperity of China!

At first, dragon dancing was for (keeping healthy). Nowadays, dragon dance is not only a household name, but also a competitive event.