On the morning of July 25th, the scenic spot of Zengjiashan Chuandong Temple, a summer sacred place at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, was full of gongs and drums and active lion dances.
The "Lijia Lion Dance" spread in the area of Lijia Township in Chaotian District and rooted in the Second Group of Democracy Village in Lijia Township. It originated in the Tang Dynasty and is a branch of the Southern Lion. It is a kind of animal-like dance in folk dances. The smile and the lion tease, dance and have fun.
The lion dance team consists of 13 people, 5 people beating gongs and drums, two smiling faces, one monkey head, two lions (each lion needs 2 people), and one "Mr. Nanmen" who speaks auspicious words.
They use tables, benches, and plows to set up the array, break the array, and form a variety of typical cultural and martial formations, such as the five sons returning to the root, the swan holding the egg, and Dashun plowing the field. The performance combines acrobatics, opera, stories, games, calligraphy, etc Art.
(Reporter Miao Zhiyong produced Lu Huiqian)
Editor in charge: [Zhang Kaixin]