About the origin of dragon dance, there is a folk legend: One day, the Dragon King suffered from unbearable back pain, and all the medicines in the Dragon Palace were taken, but it still didn't work. I had to become an old man and come to this world for treatment. The doctor felt strange after feeling the pulse and asked, "You are not human, are you?" The dragon king can't hide it, so he has to tell the truth. So the doctor changed him back to his original shape and caught a centipede from the scales around his waist. After being poisoned and bandaged, the Dragon King recovered completely. To thank the doctor for his treatment, the Dragon King said, "As long as you dance and play with dragons like me, you will have a good weather and a good harvest." . As soon as the news came out, people thought that the dragon could flourish.
3. It is said that there is a Qiling Mountain in Jinhua County, Zhejiang Province, and there is a big stream named Lingxi at the foot of the mountain. People water rice fields with water from Lingxi every day. One day, when the county magistrate and his party were patrolling the countryside, they suddenly saw several big men carrying a big cage. When they looked forward, they realized that there was a big snake in the cage, and the snake was still crying. Seeing this, the county magistrate was moved with compassion and said to several big men, "Warriors, can you sell me this big snake?" "Several big fellow see infanta to buy the serpent, hurriedly replied. The sheriff took the snake home to raise it. At first, the princess ordered people to eat raw meat for the serpent. As a result, the serpent didn't eat it. Later, he learned that the serpent only ate rice, which surprised the people in the county government, just like human beings.
As the days passed, Lingxi gradually dried up because it was very hot in summer and it didn't rain. People pray to the gods every day, hoping that God can send down showers and relieve the suffering of drought. The county owner was very worried when he saw this situation. He prayed to God every day: I wish God would rain early and relieve the drought of the people in our county! ...... One night, the princess had a dream about the local landlord. The landlord said to him, "Because your kindness touched the Jade Emperor, it will rain naturally if you put the serpent into Lingxi at noon tomorrow. After the princess woke up, she immediately sent someone to burn incense and pray in Lingxi, and put the serpent into Lingxi. A few days later, it began to rain, which relieved people's drought. Later, in order to thank the serpent, people not only burned incense to worship, but also threw big bags of rice into the stream, hoping for another bumper harvest next year. ..... Just as people worship the serpent with rice, the weather becomes very strange. Either the sun shines on people for several days, or it keeps raining, which makes the people worried.
One day, the princess was worrying about the strange weather these days in her study, and suddenly she caught a glimpse of the big snake coming back and said to him, "I used to be the dragon of Qiling Mountain, the god in charge of rice." Because he accidentally violated heaven, he was exiled to the world by the jade emperor; Later, because of your kindness, I was moved by the jade emperor, so that the earth god let me go. ..... But everyone threw rice into the stream to worship, which ruined the food. The jade emperor was furious when he learned about it, and he punished Huaxian County for two years of drought. When the princess heard this, she was shocked and quickly asked, "Is there any remedy?" The serpent said, "As long as you only use clean water for sacrifices in the future, don't use chicken, duck and fish, lest the Jade Emperor get angry. After hearing this, the princess thanked the serpent and ordered the people in the county to make sacrifices according to the serpent's words. However, there are still some people in the county who do not obey the instructions of the serpent and still offer meat such as chicken, duck and fish. The jade emperor was even more angry when he learned that, and said, "Lingxi Dragon, didn't you say that people in Jinhua County already knew that they had repented?" People in Jinhua County continue to spoil food! Somebody please. The dragon of the dragon! " ... just after the dragon was killed, it rained red every day in Jinhua county, almost like blood; The subordinate reported this strange phenomenon to the princess and said, "There is another strange thing, that is, a split dragon fell from the sky on the bank of Lingxi. After hearing this, the princess ran to the stream. When he saw it, he exclaimed loudly, "Isn't this my big snake? I only know that loyalty and treachery are hard to distinguish in the world, and right and wrong are hard to distinguish in the sky, dragon, dragon! We did this to you! 」。
6. Later, people regretted it when they knew it, and danced dragons on the 15th day of the first month, hoping that the dragon's body could be closed. This custom has been passed down to this day.