Tongliang dragon lantern

The meaning of long grain and abundant grain; purple represents luck, implies harmony between man and nature; Huang represents power and wealth, implies good life. Therefore, before the dragon lantern came out, the ceremony was very solemn. Five elders, who wore national costumes, placed incense cases in front of the Wulong Hall, burned incense and prayed, offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, and invited the God of wealth; and then to the ancestral hall to worship ancestors, prayed, and concluded, the five-color dragon head to the ancestral hall card site at three o'clock, three sounds of brass, welcomed the beginning, drums and music, firecrackers, lions. Opening the road, gongs, cymbals, horns, banners and other full-fledged driving ahead, then the God of wealth, Palace lanterns, followed by the ancient pavilion, five-color dragon lights, fire lighting, all the way to usher in, magnificent. The dragon lantern is equipped with special folk tunes when it goes out. Starting with "Landing Tiger", rhythm is strong; marching with horn; greeting with "middle finger picking rope", rhythm is cheerful, enthusiastic and unrestrained.

Rolling dragon is the custom of celebrating New Year's Day among the Liu clan of Guzhai Dawan, Ba people in Shili Gallery, Nuxi. It is 36 meters long and consists of 17 sections (also known as holes), dancing with 34 people in turn. Nine thumb-thick bamboo strips are tied together to form a keel. Nearly 500 pejorative circles about two feet in diameter are arranged equidistantly to form a dragon body. The whole white cloth is painted with colorful scales and covered with them. The faucet twisted itself into a frame with coarse bamboo, and then covered the cloth that had painted the shape of the tap in advance. What's more unique is that the dragon body is filled with colorful lights. When dancing at night, it is crystal clear and colorful, like a rainbow flying, and the captain is magnificent. This is the source.

The modern "dragon lantern" is also called "Dragon Dance". It is about 20 meters long and 60 - 70 centimeters in diameter. It is made of iron wire inside, light bulbs or candles installed, and coated with gauze outside. The dragon dancers are made up of dozens of people. One person used embroidery balls to fight dragons in front of him, and the rest all lifted dragons to perform such actions as "two dragons play pearls", "two dragons come out of water", "fire dragons take off", "dragons make trouble in the sea". Along with the development of the times, dragon lantern dance has regained its vitality and become a grand and enthusiastic art activity for enterprises, institutions and mass organizations to praise the motherland and the happy life.