Nandu News reporter Chen Xinghua Yan Peng correspondent Nan Xuan"Rise to the dragon! At 7 o'clock in the evening of February 11 (the second day of the Lunar New Year), in Nanao Market Town, Dapeng New District, the drums shook the sky, firecrackers rang out, and a long grass dragon danced and entered, walking the streets and alleys to pray for blessings, attracting many residents and tourists, following the tail of the "grass dragon", cruising along the laneway and taking pictures.
The grass dragon is divided into dragon balls, dragon heads, dragon bodies and dragon tails, with a total of 33 sections, danced by 33 people, which means 'vigorous and fierce'! "When it comes to the grass dragon dance, the intangible cultural heritage inheritor He Liansheng is like a few treasures, "The second day of the Lunar New Year is called 'the beginning of the year', which means the beginning of the new year. In the past, after the dragon was melted, the fishermen went out to sea to fish, wishing a good start to the new year, praying for good weather and good weather, full of fish and shrimp, and happy families."
On the 11th, the residents of Nanyu Community went up the mountain early in the morning to look for the sword grass to be used by the grass dragon, and after returning to the village, they put the grass on the Tianhou Temple Square to dry. At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the villagers gathered in the Tianhou Temple to tie the grass dragon, with a red rope to connect each section of the grass dragon, the residents and tourists will pray for the incense in their hands to ignite, plug in the dragon ball, the dragon head, the dragon body to the dragon tail, put the incense case in front of the dragon head, light the incense candles, and worship towards the sea.
When it gets dark, the street lights for several kilometers go out and the dragon dance begins. In the dark, the dragon head master Gao Qinghuo dragon head and the team members holding the long dragon imitated the action of the dragon chasing the jewel, with the gong and drum point, stepping on the figure eight horse steps, dancing in the direction of the dragon ball guidance, the Nanao waist drum team, the dancing unicorn and the Dongshan fishing song team accompanied all the way, quite lively.
At around 8 o'clock in the evening, the grass dragon dance team came to the shore of Moon Bay, and tens of thousands of residents and tourists gathered around the Moon Bay seawall to make a dragon ceremony. In the sound of gongs and drums, the grass dragons are stacked one after another, and the grass dragons are lit while worshipping. Looking at the skyrocketing fireworks, citizens and tourists made wishes for the new year in cheers and shouts. "Every year on the second day of the Lunar New Year, I will bring my children to South Australia to watch the grass dragon dance, hoping that this custom full of New Year's flavor will be passed on. Ms. Li, who came to South Australia from the city to play, said.
According to reports, the grass dragon dance is a "folk festival" in South Australia that has been inherited for more than 300 years, and was included in the intangible cultural heritage project of Guangdong Province in 2007. For a long time, South Australia has continued to promote the protection of intangible cultural heritage, and the "intangible cultural heritage into the campus" activity has set off a boom in kindergartens and primary schools in the jurisdiction, and the South Australian Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum has attracted many tourists to visit.