How to innovate traditional dragon lanterns

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On the fifteenth day of the first month, in addition to lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns on lanterns, there are also customs such as playing dragon lanterns, dancing lions and walking on stilts. Playing dragon lanterns is also called "dragon dance" and "dragon lantern dance". It is a unique traditional folk entertainment activity in China. "Playing with Dragon Lantern" has been quite common in Han Dynasty in China. In the performances of "Shehuo" and "Dance Team" in the Tang and Song Dynasties, "playing with dragon lanterns" has become a common form of performance. There are two kinds of performances of "playing dragon lantern": "single dragon playing pearl" and "double dragon playing pearl". In terms of gameplay, local styles are different and each has its own characteristics.

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Playing with dragon lanterns originated from people's superstition about dragons and has a history of more than two thousand years. In ancient times, people used dragon dancing to pray for the blessing of dragons, in order to have good weather and abundant crops.

The custom of dragon dancing is carried forward by overseas Chinese. Whenever people in China have traditional festivals and major celebrations, they will dance lions and play dragon lanterns, showing a strong oriental spirit. Ancient China people created the image of dragons to express their good wishes. According to legend, the ancients called dragons, phoenixes, unicorns and turtles four spirits. Beautiful shape, bright colors, rigid and flexible lines. It shines with unique artistic brilliance in a long history. As early as Shang and Yin Dynasties, bronze wares and bones were engraved with dragon patterns. The dragon pattern of bronze wares in the Zhou Dynasty has been gradually perfected. "Playing with dragon lanterns" has become quite common among the people in the Han Dynasty. Playing with dragon lanterns has become a common performance form in the performances of "social fire" and "dance team" in Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, Wu's Dream records: Lin 'an (now Hangzhou), the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, "On the night of the Lantern Festival, the grass is tied into a dragon, covered with green curtains, and there are thousands of lights and candles, which are like double dragons."

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In ancient times, people regarded "dragon" as the embodiment of good luck, representing the wish of good weather. Therefore, dragon dancing is used to pray for the dragon's blessing, so as to achieve good weather in the four seasons and abundant crops. People dance with bamboo, iron bars and colorful dragons made of satin or cloth for fun, showing a cheerful mood. Through the continuous processing and manufacturing of folk artists, "playing dragon lantern" has developed into a kind of folk dance art with perfect form, equivalent performance skills and romantic color, which is deeply loved by the masses.

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In artistic creation, through the continuous processing and creation of folk artists, "Playing Dragon Lantern" has developed into a romantic folk dance art with perfect form, equivalent performance skills and is deeply loved by the masses. Lion dance is also a traditional entertainment of the Lantern Festival. Lion dance is a traditional folk sports activity in China, which originated in the Three Kingdoms period and prevailed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. 【 1 】 Lion dance in China can be divided into "northern lion dance" and "southern lion dance". Nowadays, lion dance not only appears in festive festivals, but also enters the stage.

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The main prop for playing dragon lanterns is "dragon". Dragons are made of grass, bamboo, wood, paper and cloth. The number of dragons is singular, which means good luck. Most of them are nine-section dragons, eleven-section dragons and thirteen-section dragons, up to twenty-nine. Dragons with more than fifteen knots are huge and not suitable for dancing for the public to watch. This kind of dragon pays special attention to decoration and has high technological value. There is also a kind called "fire dragon", which forms a cage by weaving bamboo sticks into cylinders, affixing transparent and beautiful dragon clothes, and lighting candles or oil lamps to burn. The performance in the evening was spectacular. There are two kinds of dragon lantern performances: "Single Dragon Playing Beads" and "Double Dragon Playing Beads". The dragon's body consists of many sections, each of which is about five feet apart. The first section is called a gear. The knots that make up the dragon body are generally singular (such as nine knots, eleven knots, thirteen knots, etc.). ). The faucet is also divided into different weights, generally about 30 kilograms. Those who light candles in the Dragon Ball are called "Dragon Lantern" and those who don't are called "Bulong". In terms of gameplay, local styles are different and each has its own characteristics. Playing nine knots is mainly based on tricks, and the more common moves are: dragon swimming, dragon drilling crotch (piercing flowers), head and tail drilling, dragon wagging tail and snake shedding. In the dragon dance, no matter what tricks are performed, the performers have to start with broken steps. Playing the 11 th and 13 th dragons mainly shows the dragon's movements, that is, the dragon leaps after the red orb, rising and falling, as if flying in the clouds; Up and down, like breaking the waves into the sea, winding and moving, it looks good. ? There is also a habit of playing dragon lanterns in rural areas, that is, not only playing in the village, but also performing in other villages and "competing" in the wide streets and squares of towns or cities. During the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, with the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers, various folk "Dragon Dance" teams show their magical powers to inspire people to clear the streets.