The fish leaping dragon gate in Tongliang County belongs to lantern dance.

Tongliang Dragon Dance in Tongliang County, Chongqing includes dragon lantern dance and lantern dance, among which the fish jumping at Longmen belongs to lantern dance. Tongliang Dragon Dance is a dance art form with dragons as the main props, which is popular in Tongliang County, Chongqing. It includes two series: dragon lantern dance and lantern dance. Dragon lantern dance mainly includes ten varieties such as big creeping dragon, fire dragon, straw dragon and bamboo shell dragon, and lantern dance mainly includes twelve varieties such as fish jumping Longmen, Santiao and Eighteen Bachelor.

Introduction to Lantern Dance

Tongliang Lantern Dance is a complex folk art form with local characteristics and style, which is mainly about dance and integrates music and art. It originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and was popular in Tongliang County during Guangxu period.

Tongliang Dragon Lantern Dance has become an important part of Tongliang "China Tongliang Dragon Lantern Art Festival" and "China Tongliang Dragon Lantern Cultural Tourism Festival". The important historical and cultural value, craft and technical value and social value of Tongliang Lantern Dance with a long history and rich varieties are gradually known by the world.

historical origin

Tongliang lantern dance originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and was popular in Tongliang county during Guangxu period. The period from Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China was its prosperous period. Lantern dance continued to develop after 1949, and was forced to stop during the "Cultural Revolution" and gradually resumed after the "Cultural Revolution".

Basic content

Tongliang Lantern Dance is rich in connotation, strong in artistry and full of rustic flavor. Its varieties cover 26 towns and streets in the county. The main varieties are carp jumping at Longmen, 18th Bachelor, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus eating glutinous rice balls, three minnows, Kaishan Tiger, bright lion, rhinoceros looking at the moon, pig gnawing pumpkin, mussel playing with Shami, Yanta inscription, pumpkin shed and float boat.

protective measures

Tongliang county has always attached great importance to the inheritance and protection of lantern dances. The traditional way is to hold festival activities, which are organized by chambers of commerce and industry business groups. After the "Cultural Revolution", it was generally led by the government and specifically organized and implemented by the cultural department. In 198, lantern dances reappeared. From the start of the Dragon Lantern Festival in 1984 to the county-wide Dragon Lantern Trade Conference in 1991.

in p>1995, the activity of creating a cultural brand with the characteristics of "one town, one product" was launched, and one or two varieties of dragon lanterns were excavated and sorted out in each town and street according to tradition, and participated in the dragon lantern festival in the town and street area or county. After more than ten years of promotion, the effect is very obvious. By 2, the old scale of the Dragon Lantern Festival in Tongliang Spring Festival was basically restored.