Dragon Lamp Dance

Dragon Lamp Dance is a significant local custom in Chun'an's villages. The last program of the new year period is this dance, also known as Welcoming Dragon Lamp. The dragon's head is two meters high, three meters long and one meter wide. The carpenter usually places some vertical sticks on a board and produces the dragon's head, thus making it easy to light red candles. The length of the board for the dragon's body is about 1.5 meters with six lamps on it. The lamps are made into various shapes such as vase or fish. The tail is simply treated just like fish tail. The dragon is made up of as many as 100-200 joints, presenting a spectacular view. In the coming dusk, overlooking the dragon lamps from a high vantage allows one to see the dragon sometimes wind its head or tail, sometimes circle the shape of 8, and sometimes display a square formation in company of drum beats, firecrackers and cheerful laughter.

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