Is Qixia Dragon Dance the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Xi?

No, Qixia Dragon Dance is a traditional dance project listed in the fourth batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage representative projects in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

Qixia Dragon Dance is an ancient traditional dance of Han nationality. It has a long history. At the latest in the Ming Dynasty, dragon dance activities were circulated here. In the history of dragon dance, Chai Long is the main dance, mainly distributed in the area of Wang Long in southern Shandong. Every Lantern Festival, social groups will go to Wang Longshan to worship the Dragon King, and the custom of playing with dragon lanterns is formed here and spread to this day.

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Dragon dance originated from the ancient people's worship of dragons. During the festival, people will dance dragons, starting from the Spring Festival, and then "dragon heads up" in February and the Dragon Boat Festival. When dancing the dragon, the dragon follows the hydrangea to make various movements, interspersed, and constantly shows various postures such as twisting, waving, leaning back, kneeling, jumping and shaking. Therefore, dragon dancing to pray for peace and harvest has become a folk culture of Han people all over the country.

In ancient times, dragon and lion dances were one of the programs of large festivals in a year. With the emigration of Chinese to other parts of the world, the dragon and lion dance culture has spread all over Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand, and has become an important symbol of Chinese culture.

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