The Lantern Festival is the "Lantern Festival". What is the "Dragon Lantern Festival" of the Lantern Festival like?
Introduction: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is my country's traditional festival "Lantern Festival". There is a traditional folk activity called "Dragon Lantern Festival" during the Lantern Festival. By then, there will be joy, bright lights and a very lively atmosphere! So, what will the dragon lantern look like? Next, please follow the editor to learn about it! The first month of the lunar calendar is about to begin with various festivals. Let us count the important traditional festivals and customs of this month. A good year starts with spring. The Dragon Lantern Festival is the most distinctive folk art and cultural activity of the Han nationality in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. People welcome and light lanterns to drive away evil spirits and plagues, pray for disasters, and pray for a good harvest and the safety of people and animals. Lantern festivals are held during the Lantern Festival, so the Lantern Festival is also called the "Lantern Festival". Generally, lanterns are lit on the tenth day of the first lunar month and extinguished on the twentieth day. The fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth days are the most popular. It embodies the Han working people's yearning for a happy life and their simple aesthetic taste.Lantern FeaturesAs a kind of Han folk culture, Jinhua lanterns have a wide variety of varieties, with various shapes and gorgeous colors. The dragon lantern is the main lantern of the lantern festival. The most representative dragon lanterns are the "bridge lanterns" (called "bench dragon" in Jinhua and Lanxi, and "long lantern" in Pujiang). Generally, there are more than a hundred bridges (one section is one bridge), and the longer ones have hundreds or even thousands of bridges. The bridge lights are divided into two parts: the "dragon head" and the "light bridge". The dragon head is supported by a wooden board, and a bracket is built on top, with bamboo sticks tied to the bracket to form the shape of a spinosaurus. The outer paper is painted with colorful dragons, clouds, and dragon whiskers on its cheeks, a dragon ball in its mouth, and various colorful lanterns on its four arms. There are several flags on its back, with a "sky lantern" hanging above and a "ground lantern" hanging below. It is made with great craftsmanship. The candles lit in the lamps are brightly colored. There are wooden boards under the light bridge, each of which is 2.3 meters long, 18 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters thick. There is a hole at each end of the board, with a spacing of 70 centimeters, for connecting lights. There are lamp stands on the boards, with two lamps on each board. The Dragon Tail is the last bridge, shaped like a dragon's tail and covered with a silk rainbow. The main formations of the Yingqiao Lantern Festival include: "Qinsuo Hoop", "Duli Roll", "Green Snake Slide", "Wheat Cake Pick", "Lotus Spin", "Scissors Leg", "Double Door", "Around the House Pillar" and other extremely exciting and thrilling ones.Dragon Lantern FestivalThe fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. That night, every household in the city has a reunion dinner early. Families that are preparing to press the dragon will open their front doors wide, set up incense tables, and prepare wine and food. Every household on the street hangs various homemade lanterns on their doorsteps, such as the twelve zodiac animal lanterns, four seasons flower lanterns, and drama story character lanterns. After 8 o'clock, the dragon lantern starts from the head, body and tail of the dragon, and makes a circle in the host's main hall to wish good luck in the coming year. The host also has to set off firecrackers to welcome and send off the dragon lantern. At this time, the sounds of gongs and drums, firecrackers and cheers can be heard from all over the city. Sometimes, several lion dance troupes and dragon lantern players crowd at the door and enter one after another. It is very lively. Around 10 o'clock, the dragon lantern players get drunk and start dancing with dragon lanterns in the downtown area, shouting loudly: "Flowers are coming." At this time, someone from the crowd suddenly fired a flower tube (a kind of bamboo tube cannon filled with gunpowder) at the dragon head. In an instant, sparks sprayed and smoke rose. Some people crowded, some dodged, and the dragon dancer danced while stabbing the burning dragon. The dragon lantern struggled to escape, and the flower-booing people chased after it. Sometimes, several flower tubes were aimed at a dragon at the same time, and sparks fell on the naked chest and back of the dragon dancer, which was very thrilling and exciting. It is said that the more fiercely the dragon lanterns in the countryside are burned, the better, because it can bring good weather in the coming year. Otherwise, the people in the village are reluctant to let the dragon lanterns go home. Such carnival activities will not end until about 3 am the next day. However, the singing and dancing activities of young men and women in Miao villages will continue until the sun rises in the east.Summary: After reading the above article, we know that there is a traditional folk activity called "Dragon Lantern Festival" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival. It is very lively. You can learn about it. I wish you all a happy and auspicious Lantern Festival! After reading this article, there are more exciting contents in the special topic of the first month of the lunar calendar. Let’s take a look! |
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