The short ones are dozens of meters, the long ones are hundreds of meters, and the dancing is breathtaking, becoming the finale of some large-scale events
Cili "dragon" makes trouble in the night sky
In Longtanhe Town, Cili County, villagers used banbanlong lanterns to put out words such as "Life Expectancy" and "Chinese Dream". (Data**) by Yang Nianchun (Hunan ** Library).
Hunan**Quan**Reporter Shangguan Wisdom.
Correspondent: Tian Rui.
On February 20th, as night fell, more than 100 young men held the "dragon" high in Cili County, ready to go.
Approaching the Lantern Festival, Li Chengfeng, the provincial inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage Banban Dragon Lantern, led the young men from various towns and towns to conduct intense rehearsals.
Light up! With Li Chengfeng's shout like a cracked stone through the clouds, under the guidance of the "dragon head" Li Chengfeng's guiding light, more than 100 dragon dancers carried the light board on their shoulders and held the wooden tenon in their hands, and the dragon walked, the dragon ran, the dragon swung the step, the dragon swung the head, the dragon nodded, and the dragon swung the tail in one go. In an instant, gongs and drums were noisy, and a "dragon" more than 100 meters long lit up the night sky.
Banban dragon lantern, commonly known as banban lantern, has been circulated in Cili County for more than 100 years, by the guide lamp, row lamp, dragon head lamp, dragon body lamp, cocoon lamp, shrimp (fish) lamp, dragon tail lamp, is a collection of traditional dance, traditional art, sports competition, folk customs in one of the folk art treasure. In 2021, it was included in the national intangible cultural heritage protection list.
Li Chengfeng has a deep study of the traditional formation of the move, and is also good at making core skills such as sliver and papier-mâché. "I am the 'head man' of the Li clan's lamp, with 5 apprentices and 26 students. Between the words, Li Chengfeng revealed a little pride, he said that the students can basically complete the production of the dragon lantern independently; The inheritance group has also evolved from ethnic inheritance to a collective joint lantern dance organized by towns and villages.
Nowadays, the banban dragon lantern is the finale of large-scale activities such as the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in Cili County. Every time the dragon dances, the streets and alleys of the county are brightly lit, and the dragon meanders hundreds of meters long, which is majestic and magnificent.
Young people love to watch and even more like to dance! Li Chengfeng introduced, the board dragon lantern is dozens of meters short, hundreds of meters long, composed of dozens of lights, more than hundreds of light boards, many young people in towns and towns enthusiastically sign up to participate in the annual Lantern Festival.
Editor-in-charge: Xia Hong.
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