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Traditional culture of dragon and lion dancing —— Introduction of traditional culture of dragon and lion dancing

1. Dragon dancing, commonly known as "playing with dragon lanterns", is one of the traditional national sports in China. During festivals, especially the Lantern Festival, many places have the custom of dancing dragons. When dancing the dragon, the dragon follows the hydrangea to do various actions, or prances, or rolls, or rolls up, or interspersed, constantly showing various postures such as twisting, swinging, leaning back, kneeling, jumping and shaking. Dragon dance originated from the traditional dance in China. In ancient times, dragon and lion dances were one of the programs of large festivals in a year.

Lion dance has a long history. The existing lion dances are divided into two categories: Southern Lion and Northern Lion. The northern lion has higher martial arts and is vigorous and fierce. The Southern Lion is charming and lovely, and its performances are mostly playful. The white beard lion dance method is not wide, but it is calm and powerful, dignified and powerful, and the locals call it Liu Beishi. The lion with black beard and red face, known as Guan Gong Lion, is brave and dignified in dance and has extraordinary spirit. Gray bearded lion, rough and aggressive, commonly known as Zhang.