There is a tradition of playing lanterns on the 13th day of the first month in Panhuang Village, Huangpi, while the stiff lion dragon lanterns in each bay will not be played until the 15th day of the first month. It is reported that the Lantern Festival is popular in Huangpi and Xiaogan, which is a unique folk custom in China.
During the Spring Festival every year, Huangpi people scattered all over the country will return to their hometown to participate in and watch the annual rural carnival of jumping stiff lions, and many citizens in Wuhan also come here.
Liu Jianxin, vice-chairman of huangpi district Federation of Literary and Art Circles and a member of the non-legacy expert group, said that in the rural areas of Huangpi, there is a saying that half a month is longer than a year. Huangpi people pay more attention to half a month than Chinese New Year. No matter how busy they are at ordinary times, migrant workers will come back to watch the performance of the stiff lion and pray for good weather, many children and grandchildren, and bless the life in Bay Village.
The stiff lion culture originated in the Tang Dynasty. In order to preserve the spiritual and cultural heritage of the hard lion, the documentary department of Hubei Radio and Television Station tracked the folk activity of jumping the hard lion in Panhuang Village, huangpi district, Wuhan for three years, truly recorded and restored this precious cultural heritage scattered among the people, and produced a 40-minute humanistic documentary.
I believe that after reading the above, you have a general understanding of the origin of Huangpi lion dance. Perhaps for many people, lion dancing is just a scene in TV series, but for Huangpi people, it has been a custom for thousands of years.