There was a violent beating incident at the Binyang Cannon Dragon Festival in Guangxi, and the man holding the baby was beaten by many people from the dragon protection team.
On February 20, during the Binyang Cannon Dragon Festival in Guangxi, a man in black with a child in his arms was thrown to the ground by shirtless members of the dragon guard team for pulling a dancing dragon whisker, and then was beaten by several members of the dragon guard team.
It can be seen from the online rumor** that the man reached out and pulled the dragon body, was dragged aside by a dragon guard team man and fell to the ground, and then several dragon guard team members beat and kicked the man. Another paragraph ** shows that several men wearing dragon guard uniforms were taken away by the public security organs, and the public security organs have taken away the members of the dragon guard team who beat people for investigation, and the reason for the beating still needs to wait for the public security organs' investigation feedback. Any form of violence is unacceptable and intolerable, and we should respect traditional customs, while calling on the relevant authorities to find out the truth as soon as possible and to bring justice to the victims.
According to public information, the Binyang Cannon Dragon Festival is a traditional festival in Binyang County, Nanning City, Guangxi, which is held on the eleventh day of the first lunar month every year, and is a comprehensive folk festival series that integrates the cultural characteristics of the Han and Zhuang ethnic groups. Binyang Cannon Dragon Festival was conceived in the Song and Yuan dynasties, developed and formed in the Ming Dynasty, matured in the late Qing Dynasty, and has a long historical origin. The festival includes three parts: "playful color rack", "lantern festival" and "dancing firecracker dragon", among which the custom of dancing firecracker dragon is the crystallization of the fusion of Zhuanghan national culture, and in 2008, "Binyang firecracker dragon festival" was included in the list of representative items of national intangible cultural heritage.
From the mouth of the local people, it is known that in the local customs, the dragon head, dragon whiskers, dragon horns can not be pulled during the activity, nor can you run in front of the dragon to block the road, these are extremely disrespectful behaviors, and you need to be able to pull after the event. It is worth noting that in the precautions for the 2024 Binyang Cannon Dragon Festival released by Nanning Cultural Tourism, it is also mentioned that do not compete for dragon heads, dragon whiskers, and dragon balls.