Dragon Dance

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Dragon Dance (dingbulong)

Applicant: Taishun County, Zhejiang Province

Item No.: 107

Project No.: Ⅲ - 4

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: traditional dance

Region: Zhejiang Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Taishun County, Zhejiang Province

Protection unit: Taishun Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center

Introduction to Dragon Dance

Applicant: Taishun County, Zhejiang Province

Dingbu dragon is a unique "Dragon Dance" popular in Shiyang Town, Taishun County.

Shiyang town has a state-level cultural relic protection unit "Shi Shui Ding bu", which was built in 1794. It is 144 meters long and has 233 teeth. It connects Xidong village and Chaoyang village. Taking dingbu as a platform to perform dragon dance, it was founded in 1798. According to the records of Lin's genealogy in Chaoyang village, in order to celebrate the completion of Lin's ancestral hall in Chaoyang, Lin's grandsons and grandsons first danced dragon lanterns on dingbu to celebrate.

The props of dingbu dragon are woven into a round cage with bamboo strips. The cage is covered with cloth and painted with dragon scales. The props are connected in sections, and each section is equipped with a wooden handle for holding. There are more than 60 routines of dragon dance from "opening the dragon's gate" to "closing the dragon's gate", all of which are performed on the stone steps in the stream.

The main movements of dingbu dragon are taking Dragon Ping, dragon playing with pearl, dragon licking pearl, dragon biting pearl, row "Shou", squatting horse dragon and so on. In the sound of sonorous drum music, the dragon dancers take vigorous dancing steps, and move and jump on the narrow anchorages. The rolling colorful dragon with the figure of the Dragon dancer is reflected on the calm water surface like a mirror. From a distance, it looks like a flowing picture, which is magnificent.

Performing the Dragon requires skillful, solid dance foundation and strong physical support. In recent years, many old artists have been "unable to bear the heavy responsibility", and the inheritance situation is not optimistic. At present, the Taishun cultural department has formulated a series of protection measures, so that the inheritance and development of dingbulong has a new turn.

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