Introduction of East Island Dragon Dance

It is the custom of the Han nationality in China to pray for peace and harvest through dragon dancing. East Island Dragon Dance is a traditional large-scale square dance art of Han nationality, which is popular in dongshan town, East Island, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province. The reason why the dragon dance is called "human dragon" is because the "dragons" in the performance are all made up of people, not objects. The dragon body is huge, generally composed of 50 or 60 people, and some have hundreds of people, which is magnificent.

Dragon Dance in East Island is full of strong local flavor. Dragon Dance in the East China Sea, as a folk art form of Han nationality, has a long history and unique features, and is known as "a must in the East".