The representative variety of Tongliang dragon lantern is the big vermicular dragon, and the world calls it "copper dragon". Compared with dragons in different parts of China, Tongliang dragon inherits the general characteristics of Chinese dragon relatively perfectly: it originated from the primitive thinking of Chinese ancestors and manifested itself as a totem form of auspicious worship. In the thousands of years of historical evolution, it has not only the ruthless beauty of Shang and Zhou cultures, the romantic momentum of Qin and Han Dynasties, but also the graceful harmony of Tang and Song Dynasties and the fine carving of Ming and Qing Dynasties. At the same time, with its four distinct characteristics, it emerged in the sea of Chinese dragon lanterns, leading the way.

    (1) color ribbon modeling features

Tonglianglong is all folk hand-painted tie, simple craft, exquisite production, bright colors, clear patterns, strong decorative. The three main parts of the dragon head, dragon body and dragon tail are very chic. The dragon head is neither the horse appearance of the northern leader nor the snake appearance of the southern leader, but also the traditional norm of "crying dragons, deterring tigers and laughing lions" in Sichuan Basin. The male lion has a large mouth, which makes the dragon head tall, with jewels in its mouth, protruding cheeks, strong horns, flying bristles with long beards, and a dignified and dignified manner. The dragon is tall, big and round in breast diameter. It is magnificent, solemn and solid. It reflects a magnificent and magnificent momentum. It also has the light, delicate and delicate characteristics of the southern dragon, and can be flexible, easy to dance and display skills. Its dragon tail is a five-branched goldfish tail, not the common snake tail or multi-branched centipede tail, and strong, flexible and outstanding aesthetic feeling. The whole dragon body is 50 meters long and consists of 24 holes, which symbolizes 24 farming seasons in a year. The holes can be illuminated and have a very ornamental effect. Known as "the king of dragon lanterns".In addition, its other ancillary props, such as Longmen, Yunpai, Shuibai, etc., are also rich in color and simple in atmosphere. They are both contrasted and echoed with the Dragon body, and are extremely coordinated and unified on the whole.

    (2) performing arts characteristics

Tong Lianglong's dance routines are very rich. In the early stage, there were dragon holes, zijiao, three nods, worship the four sides, dragon licking items, drilling holes, turning over, horizontal 8 characters, big Panlong and so on. Rich and transformed, the formation routine has reached more than 50, swimming, rolling, turning, piercing, winding, disc, teng, jumping and other basic techniques, organic interpolation, dexterous cooperation, in the changeable composition and action transformation, conveying the heroic momentum, charm and infinite fun of the dragon, giving people a kind of smooth and incisive visual enjoyment... However, Tongliang Dragon's more important performance art features are: to reflect the momentum and emotions with dragon tools, big scenes, big routines and big changes. Tongliang dragon needs many people's participation and cooperation because of its long and long characteristics. In general, 1 dragons need 1 hands and 24 dragon dances. And usually in the performance, two or several dragons are usually carried out together, with the guide of the sign lamp, and the background of clouds and yellow smoke. The scene is very grand. Tonglianglong dragon, because of its long and large dragon, and its elegant appearance and shape, is difficult to perform delicately and to perform difficult movements. However, it can gather the merits of the North-South Dragon Dance, which not only reflects the magnificent and bold momentum of the North Dragon Dance, but also has the fine and dexterous characteristics of the South Dragon Dance. It has not only the direct "rigidity" of the North Dragon Dance, such as vigorous, vigorous, simple and magnificent praise, but also the gentle, delicate, agile, lively and dexterous South Dragon Dance. "Softness" with concise changes; both "prestige, majesty, boldness and coarseness" in charm and "high, difficult, refined and beautiful" in skill. It is precisely this kind of style characteristic which combines the merits of the dragon dance of the north and the south, which stipulates that the Tongliang dragon has a special aesthetic character of extraordinary magnificence and exquisite coexistence, magnificence and exquisiteness.

    (3) local music characteristics

Tonglianglong's accompaniment music has strong local characteristics of Bayu and Chongqing. The main accompaniment instruments are Chuan Dagong, Chuan Dabo, Chuan Tanggu, Chuan Suona and other folk percussion instruments. Qupai often uses "Long Hammer", "Hepai", "Catching Eye", "Shaanxi gong", "Quick Button Plate", "Water Dragon Yin", "Chaotian Son", "Overlord Whip", "Lamp Drum", "Double Bamboo Horse", "General's Order" and "Second Class Torch". Tonglianglong, accompanied by Sichuan-flavored gongs and drums, has a unique style, which adds a strong local style. The music used by Tonglianglong is fierce and has a strong artistic appeal. At the same time, because it is a set play on the spot, it can be closely coordinated according to the change of the plot and the rhythm of the Dragon dance, so it can be threaded. Percussion and Suona set play, or quick or slow, or Yang or even, sometimes graceful and slow, sometimes high and exciting, really make people interesting.

    (4) lighting and pyrotechnics

Tonglianglong's performances are often closely accompanied by lights and fireworks, which help each other to create a warm and jubilant atmosphere on the spot. Because its dragon body is equipped with lighting devices such as candles, so at night the dragon body is bright, bristles are flowing, and the golden dragon is flying in the night sky, which is very pleasant to the eye. At the same time, the dragon dance scene is often accompanied by firecrackers and yellow smoke spewing. With the opening signs, Tonglianglong appears in the vast cloudy sky, sometimes taking off, sometimes spinning down, suddenly disappearing, vivid, giving people endless reverie in intoxication.Tonglianglong is precisely with its beautiful color, grand momentum, fine performance, fine routine, variety, strong band, large scene, smoke around, atmosphere.