Red Net Moment News on February 25(Reporter Long Qi, correspondent Zhang Hesheng, Wu Ting) Dragon Dance Lantern Festival, Fuman Yanling. On the evening of February 24 (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month), the weather in early spring was still cold, but in the square of Yanling County Cultural and Sports Center, it was a happy and peaceful scene. The procession to participate in the lantern parade was neatly lined up and ready to go, and residents moved out with their families to participate in the annual Lantern Festival.
At 6:30 p.m., the "Spring of the Year of the Dragon" dragon and lion performance composed of 15 long dragons, nine-section dragons, three-person dragons, and double lions kicked off the event. Dozens of colorful dragons "flew and jumped" on the stage, instantly igniting the atmosphere of the scene, and applause, shouts, and laughter ...... one after another"Blessings! With the strong Hakka words of the master of ceremonies, 20 "God of Wealth" took the blessing bag from the hands of the "Fuxiang Baby" and walked to the crowd, giving the blessing bag to the audience to convey the blessing.
Before the parade began, Ma Anjian, a national model worker, and Zhang Aiping, a "good man in China", walked to 3The 8-meter-high colored dragon together adds the finishing touch to the dragon's head. After the pen fell, the dragon's eye was shining, and the colorful dragon suddenly shone brightly, spitting fireworks, as if it was about to rise into the air. The 10 guys raised their heads and left the square to start a citywide parade.
The leader leads the parade team slowly. In the Hanfu phalanx, all kinds of gorgeous costumes compete for beauty, interpreting the beauty of Chinese costumes; On the Yao car, the yellow peach fairy is dressed in colorful clothes and swaying, the Yao Township Yao drum is shaking the sky, and the Yanling yellow peach is shining; The incense fire dragon shines brightly in the night, the blue-headed lion and the double lion are lifelike, and the lotus-picking boat, Tang monk and apprentice, the eight immortals, and the big-headed doll interact with the audience from time to time to attract the attention of children.
Accompanied by the neat sound of waist drums, the Yangge team is in unison and uniform; The "God of Wealth" phalanx is responsible for distributing blessing bags and sending "blessings", which are highly sought after by the audience. At the end of the team is a colorful dragon tail, which stretches for nearly a kilometer from the air, like a moving "long dragon".
Wherever the procession passed, many shops and residents set off fireworks and firecrackers to greet them, and the noisy sound of gongs and drums was drowned out. Whenever there is an open place, the parade takes turns to perform, such as the Martian Dragon, the Incense Fire Dragon, the Yao Clan's Long Drum, and the Street Dance Flash Mob, ......The combination of tradition and modernity has pushed the event to a climax again and again.
Two hours later, the team returned to the cultural and sports center, and the square was still crowded and lively. The Lantern Festival riddle party, the Hanfu garden party and the Longpan night market let a large number of people in it.
In the night city area of the event site, 32 special stalls were full of fireworks, in addition to barbecue, milk tea and other fashionable snacks, there are also freshly made mugwort leaf rice crackers, crispy and sweet steamed dumplings, steaming hot skin, Hakka stuffed tofu ......Visitors can feast their eyes on the preparation of these specialties while feasting their eyes.
Liu Xuhong, a student at Hunan Agricultural University, told reporters that the rock sugar gourd made by her and her good friends was sold out in half an hour. At the end of the night market, there was a long queue to receive the free dumplings from the event.
Guessing lantern riddles is the traditional program of the Lantern Festival, there are 1,000 lantern riddles and 400 three-dimensional lantern riddles.
The parade is over, but the scene** of the night market and lantern riddle area has not been dispersed for a long time. This Lantern Festival activity not only attracted the citizens of Yanling County, but also tourists from Changzhutan, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Jinggangshan and other places, and nearly 30,000 people poured into the county to witness the "great liveliness" of the small county.
It is understood that the "Five Dragons Lantern Festival" series of activities held in Yanling County take "Dragon Dance Lantern Festival, Fuman Yanling" as the theme, highlighting "Dragon" and "Fu": this year is the Year of the Dragon, the dragon is prosperous, and the activity is divided into five chapters, namely the Dragon Xing Wangdian, the ceremony of the Yan Emperor; Longyou Shengyi, dedicated to Rui Chengxiang; Dragon Lantern Riddle Palace, Tibetan mystery and fun; The dragon rhyme is gorgeous, and the beauties are varied; Longwan Night Market, delicious spring festival.
Yanling is a "blessed" place (because "there is a holy mausoleum" Yandi Mausoleum and is also called "Shennong blessed land"), the activity set up "pray for blessings, present blessings, open blessings, receive blessings, send blessings" and other five links, on the occasion of this traditional festival, bless the country and the people, the wind and rain are smooth, and the blessings are full.