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The Traditional Culture of Qinglong Town

Dragon Dance, Lantern Festival and "June 6th" grass dragon in Qinglong Town are unique, and they are large-scale traditional folk cultural activities with local characteristics, which are widely participated by the masses. Dragon dancing and dragon bombing are the most intense and last the longest, from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth night of the first month. The annual Dragon Dance in the Spring Festival combines Nuo culture, lanterns and lion lanterns, and nearly 10,000 people spontaneously organize and participate in the performance. The activity of praying for rain and splashing water by grass dragons on June 6th is another cultural feature of inheriting local traditional customs, which has a history of hundreds of years. It is a traditional cultural activity, the purpose of which is to tie and dance grass dragons and hold sacrifices to pray for good weather and ensure people's safety and happiness, and splashing water on grass dragons will push the activity to a climax.