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The Significance of Dragon Dance in China

In the course of thousands of years' development, our Chinese nation has created the image of "dragon", regarded it as a sacred symbol and symbol of the nation, and regarded itself as a descendant of the dragon. The dragon lantern has the function of inspiring the national spirit, so people like it very much. Farmers have a special feeling for dragons. Since ancient times, due to ignorance of natural phenomena, people have imagined that there are dragons in the sky, dragons in the sea of clouds and dragons in the rain. Dragon dance is to pray for the dragon god, to bless the four seasons with good weather and good harvests. In this way, in the first month of the year, the dragon dance lantern contains the good wishes of the cultivators and has been circulated for a long time.