Dragon and Pearl

Dragon and Pearl

Double dragon playing with beads is a form of two dragons playing with (or seizing) a bead of fire. Its origin comes from the diagram of the planets in Chinese astronomy, and the fire bead is evolved from the moon. Since the Western Han Dynasty, double dragon playing with beads has become a kind of auspicious and festive decorative pattern, which is mostly used in architectural color paintings and noble and luxurious vessel decoration. The shape of the two dragons depends on the area of decoration. If they are long, the two dragons will be set symmetrically on the left and right sides, in the posture of walking dragons. If it is a square or a circle, the two dragons are arranged diagonally up and down, with the descending dragon on the top and the ascending dragon on the bottom. No matter what kind of arrangement, the fire beads are in the middle, showing a lively momentum.

Dragon and Pearl

Double dragon playing with beads is a form of two dragons playing with (or seizing) a bead of fire. Its origin comes from the planetary map in astronomy, and the bead of fire evolved from the moon.

Shuanglong Xizhu originated in the pre Qin period, with a history of 3000 years.

In China's ancient mythology, dragon balls are the essence of dragon and the original God of their practice. Therefore, people compete in the art expression through the two dragons, which symbolize people's pursuit of a better life.

Left: a long strip of double dragons playing with pearls. The two dragons are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides, in the posture of walking dragons.

Right: the square or round dragon playing beads are two dragons arranged diagonally, with the upper dragon descending and the lower dragon ascending.

The origin of Erlong Xizhu

Shuanglong Xizhu originated in the pre Qin period, with a history of 3000 years.

Dragon is an amphibian in ancient legends. It originated from the Chinese totem culture. In ancient times, the three emperors and five emperors used dragon as totem. Pearl, that is, pearl, night pearl, dragon pearl can avoid water and fire, is a symbol of auspiciousness, people like to hold dragon dance performance in the festival celebration to celebrate. When dancing, one person holds a colored ball (also known as a colored ball) to dance with the two dragons, which is called Erlong Xizhu or Shuanglong Xizhu. This form of dragon dance and later dragon painting patterns are derived from a folk legend.

It is said that there is a deep pool in Tianchi mountain, where two green dragons practice. They are concerned about the sufferings of the people nearby. They often travel in the wind and rain, making the people live a peaceful life without food and clothing. The two dragons are also loved by people. Tianchi Lake is also a place for fairies to take a bath. Whenever the moon is clean and the wind is clear, fairies come here to take a bath and play. Once, when the fairies were enjoying themselves in the pool, a hairy monster rushed over and teased the naked fairies. They cried for help. When the two dragons heard the cry for help, they immediately rushed to Tianchi Lake with armor and arms. They saw a bear monster running wild. The two dragons fought bravely, and the bear monster was defeated and captured.

The fairies told the queen mother about the rescue of the green dragon. The queen mother was so kind that she took out a golden bead from the gourd and sent it to Qinglong so that they could be cultivated as soon as possible. There is only one golden bead. No one wants to swallow it alone. You give it to me and I'll push it to you. Push to let go, a golden bead leaps up and down between the two dragons, glittering. For a long time, this matter alarmed the Jade Emperor, busy send Taibai Venus down to earth to check. After the inspection of Taibai Jinxing, he reported the two dragons to the Jade Emperor with their devotion, kindness and loyalty. The Jade Emperor was also moved, so he took out another gold bead and sent it to Qinglong. So they each swallowed a golden bead and became gods in charge of the fate of the people. The common people did not forget the benefits of Qinglong and admired their virtues, so they built temples and worshipped them at four o'clock. After a long time, it changed from offering sacrifices to dragon dancing to dragon painting. The dragon dance and painting patterns of double dragons playing with pearls are mostly in the posture of walking dragon, showing the shape of Double Dragons ascending and descending, and pushing the golden bead. The golden bead dances between the two dragons. The patterns of double dragon playing with pearls mostly appear in murals, dyeing and weaving, embroidery, carving and casting, and can be seen almost everywhere in daily life. Originated from the folk art form of Erlong Xizhu, it has the good wish of happy harvest and praying for auspiciousness.

Shanghai Architecture

The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is located on the tip of the mouth of Lujiazui, Pudong, on the Huangpu River. It looks across the river with the the Bund World Architecture Expo Group. With a height of 468 meters, the tower ranks the first in Asia and the third in the world. Together with Nanpu Bridge and Yangpu Bridge on both sides, it has become a symbol of Shanghai's reform and opening up.

Transportation: Pearl bus 870, 871, 872, bus 81, 82, tunnel 3, 4, 5, 6, ferry Lu Jin line, Tai Gong line, Metro Line 2, Lujiazui Station. Opening hours: 8:00-21:30

Tickets: Oriental Pearl 70 yuan (263 meters sightseeing hall), 85 yuan (second balls plus city history exhibition hall), 135 yuan (three balls), and the city history exhibition hall 35 yuan.

Children under 1.2m will be given a 50% discount, while those over 70 will be given a 60% discount. From 19:30 to 20:30 in the evening, "China 5000" large-scale clothing song and dance show will be performed. The ticket prices are 120 yuan, 180 yuan and 280 yuan respectively.

Folklore

The folk dance of Han nationality in China is called "dragon dancing and dragon playing" in some areas. It gets its name because it holds the legendary dragon image as a prop during the performance. Dragon dance originated from the folk sacrificial activities during the long drought and no rain. The book of mountains and seas, dahuangdongjing, says: "when the Dragon kills Chiyou and Kuafu, he can't go up again, so the next is drought. It's like a dragon in response to the drought, but it's heavy rain. " During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, dragon dance has been common in folk entertainment activities during the festival. The "fish and dragon brilliant" play in the palace music is the dragon dance performance. "Sui Shu music": "there are also big whale, spray atomizing day, turning into Huanglong, long seven or eight Zhangs, towering out, known as Huanglong change."

Qingcaowu Village dragon dance legend has it that Lijia Lane's Dragon and phoenix dance originated from a legend: it is said that 100 years ago (A.D. 2005), qingcaowu village in the town was adjacent to "Longjing mountain" in the East and "Fenghuang Mountain" in the west, with a mountain named "Mantou mountain" in the middle. The whole terrain was like "dragon and phoenix dance". Therefore, local people created qingcaowu dragon dance inspired by Huzhou Baique dragon dance. Before liberation, Shuanglong performed door-to-door on New Year's day, and some foreigners came to invite them to perform to pray for good luck in the coming year.

As a form of folk dragon dance, Shuanglong Xizhu is often performed in rural festivals. The two dragons are divided into female dragon and male dragon, so they are also called Shuanglong. The female dragon performers are nine female actors, while the male dragon performers are nine male actors, plus one dragon ball (male). There are 19 dragon dancers in the whole festival. The dragon body is made of cloth and painted with scales. The dragon head is small and the Dragon stick is short. The dance is dexterous and light, so it is also suitable for actresses. At the beginning of the performance, five accompanists beat big gongs, small gongs, drums, cymbals and other musical instruments. The dragon ball comes out first, takes shape on the built platform, then jumps down and runs to the front of the stage. After stamping the stick on the ground three times, the male and female Dragons dance from both sides and follow the dragon ball in the formation, which is called "double dragon drama ball". After that, the Dragon Ball performs the performance of circling the formation, penetrating the formation, or winding the dragon tail When the dragon heads collide with each other, or when the dragon heads twinkle, or when the Dragon tails swing, it means that both male and female dragons are deeply affectionate. In the third stage, the dragon ball appeared again, leading the double dragon performance to the end.

The characteristic of qingcaowu's Double Dragons is that they don't care about the rolling up and down of the dragon, but pay attention to the performance of setting up the array first and then solving the array. The biggest difficulty is that when the two dragons are entangled, the actors can't make mistakes in solving the array. Otherwise, if the Double Dragons are knotted, it will have an ominous meaning.

Game skills

Erlong Xizhu effect: use a spell to attack two targets

Usage conditions: characters soar and "Jiulong Jue" skill reaches level 120

Cost: 70 Mana

Food practice

[main and auxiliary materials]

Two fresh crucian carp

Cooked ham... 15g

Fish meat, 200g

Egg white... 2G

Winter bamboo shoots... 15g

Congjie... 15g

Shuifa mushroom 15 grams

Pea sprouts... 50g

MSG... 5g

Lard... 75g

White pepper... 4 grams

Cream... 50g

Refined salt..... 75g

Ginger slices... 10 grams

Shaoxing wine..... 20g

Onion and ginger 5 grams

Starch... 25g

[cooking method]

1. Clean the fish and slice the ham, bamboo shoots and mushrooms on both sides.

2. Mince minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced minced min.

3. Put the lard in the pot and heat it over a high heat for 50%. Fry the fish in the west, then add 1 000 grams of ginger, scallion, Shaoxing wine and water. Cover and bring to a boil. Move the pot to the medium heat and simmer.

4. Take another wok and scoop in 500g of clean water. Heat it with high heat. Squeeze the minced fish into Guiyuan sized fish balls and cook them one by one.

5. Move the fish pot on the medium heat to the high heat, stew until the fish eyes protrude, take out the fish balls, put them into the crucian carp pot, and then add ham slices and winter bamboo shoots

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