Ignition time of Rucheng Xianglong (17 photo)
Water, its image mainly comes from the murals and sculptures about dragons in local temples. The production materials are mainly local straw, palm leaves, bamboo, sunflower stalks and special dragon incense, and the technology used is also the traditional local binding technology. A summoning ceremony for dragon dancing is held around the Lantern Festival in the first month of each year. There are round dragons, flat dragons and special sulfur dragons, which are divided into 7, 9, 1 1 arches, with a maximum of more than 4 meters and a minimum of 2.5 meters. Although the production materials are simple, the production process is exquisite and complicated, and the dragon dance has strong public participation and typical regional symbolic culture.
According to folklore, Rucheng was flooded for years in the Song Dynasty, and the people were in dire straits. Villagers stabbed and burned grass dragons to remove floods. Making straw dragons has become a custom and traditional folk entertainment. On the occasion of the Spring Festival every year, the village will hold a dragon dance to celebrate the harvest and pray for good weather and good harvests.
For thousands of years, the people of Rucheng have held the Dragon Dance Festival every year, and each village has a set of related musical instruments, a set of gongs and drums concept and suona brand, which have the same trend, but each has its own characteristics and richness.