What is the significance of dragon dancing? The Origin of Dragon Dance Custom

What is the significance of dragon dancing? The origin of the custom of dragon dance has the custom of dragon dance in many places in China. In traditional festivals, people celebrate this festival by dancing dragons. Although dragon dance is a traditional festival activity, everyone is very familiar with the ceremony of dragon dance, but people don't know much about its origin. So today I want to introduce the origin of dragon dance to you.

The origin of dragon dance

As early as the Han Dynasty (205 BC-AD 2 19), there were miscellaneous notes that recorded such a spectacular scene: in order to pray for rain, people wore colorful clothes and danced colorful dragons. Gradually, dancing "dragon" has become a necessary form for people to express their good wishes and pray for a happy birthday, especially in festive festivals, people dance "dragon" with their hands to vent their cheerful emotions.

There are hundreds of dragon dances in China. After thousands of years of circulation and development, the forms of expression are more diverse. The popularity of dragon dance is inseparable from its mass and entertainment. Folklore, "seven or eight years old, playing with grass dragons; When you are 15 or 16 years old, you play with dragons, and teenagers dance with dragons in their prime. "

When playing with dragons, there are as few as one or two people, and as many as 100 people dance a big dragon. The most common name is "Dragon". Dragon dancing is often accompanied by dozens of cloud lanterns, which are often danced at night, so the "dragon" is also called "dragon lantern".

When playing the dragon lantern, dozens of big men walked around in the cloud lantern holding the dragon, sometimes jumping and sometimes diving, which changed a lot, and occasionally there were firecrackers and fireworks, which was very powerful! Hundreds of revelers are surrounded by gongs and drums, which are spectacular and lively!

Dragon dance is not only a traditional activity, not only has the function of celebrating festivals, but also can arouse people's mood, inspire people's ambition to fight against all evil forces. Therefore, in modern society, the custom of dragon dancing has been flourishing, and people's passion for dragon dancing remains unchanged.