The Origin and Customs of Dragon Dance

Dragon dancing, commonly known as playing with dragon lanterns, is one of the traditional folk cultural activities of the Han nationality that originated in China. Dragon dance originated from the ancient people's worship of dragons. During the festival, people will dance dragons, starting from the Spring Festival, and then "dragon heads up" in February and the Dragon Boat Festival. When dancing the dragon, the dragon follows the hydrangea to make various movements, interspersed, and constantly shows various postures such as twisting, waving, leaning back, kneeling, jumping and shaking. So pray for peace and harvest through dragon dancing.

Dragon dance refers to a traditional sport in which the dragon dancer, under the guidance of the Dragon Ball, holds dragon tools and is accompanied by drum music. Through the changes of human movements and postures, the dragon can play, wear, jump, turn, roll, beat and wrap, and fully display the essence, spirit, spirit and rhyme of the dragon. Folk dragon dances are usually held in open-air squares or on the stage.