The Custom Investigate Of High Dragon Dance In Hanyang

Lantern Festival is called "Light Festival ", the dragon dance is an ancient and civil traditional activity in the festival.The custom of civil dragon dance has been being for a long time, each region has its own special feature, by and large it can be divided into two types:burning candles and non-burning candles.Big parts of regions in Wuhan, The most popular dragon dance is the rolling dragon, being called the cloth dragon, that belongs to the dragon dance of non-burning candles. In Hanyang of Wuhan, High dragon is widely accepted, that belongs to the type of burning candles. In the Yongfeng country of Hanyang area, there was once had 27 and half countries, appearring the lively condition of dancing the high dragon."The function of Dragon dance, in the ancient times, is that 'the bwkofng decides the disaster and disorderly','the civilization results in the peace', in ancient times, it is praying in spring to have a harvest in autumn, nowadays the tradition cultural inheritance, during making a show of flowing of cultural magic power, because of complying with and satisfying people's various demands, is created and developed as a kind of special cultural appearance." At tthis moment the custom of high dragon,is morely for increasing festival joyful atmosphere, and the people prays to protect a fine wishes realization in New Year and consigns the simple wish of local common people's imprecation peaceful health, with bumper harvest in next year.High dragon dance in Wuhan, is Lantern Festival folk movable item with praying and begging lucky for topic, Annually, after the third day of of lunar January, it is beginning to make the High dragon, on the eleventh day of lunar January, dragon dance light is came out and played,at the night of the eleventh day of lunar Januarys,it is "burning the dragons", sending the soul of the High dragons to the God, showing a deep cultural content. High dragon dance in Wuhan, is a handicraft creation, the craft is fine;On the tradition method, it is mainly spread by dictate heart, the tradition table fastens to present the characteristics of lengthways and straightly,it has already been registered into the second national non- material cultural inheritance directory now. This thesis, through the countryside investigation to the High dragon dance, introduces its movable contents and rites process,and is trying to analyze the content and value of its rites, and the present condition of tradition development and the reason discussion, and analyze the related problem of this dragon dance custom future development. The first chapter, "the background and meaning of High dragon dance in Wuhan" introduces The origin of The custom investigate of High dragon dance in Hanyang,the study present condition of Chinese dragon dance, and the natural and humanities environment of spread ground,and the traditional and modern cultural.The second chapter,"investigate an actual condition of High dragon dance in Wuhan", explaining and analysising the basic contents and activity of form related rites,the festival system and festival organizes.The third chapter," Related problem of High dragon dance in Wuhan", puts particular emphasis on seeking for the origin to folk tales, festival customs and dragon belief, and for the value of the academic, the craft, the appreciate, the society and the athletics. In transform progress in the society, the change of the social ideology and folk belief impacts the tradition flows of High dragon dance, making some foreseeable suggestions on the protection and tradition of the non- material cultural inheritance at last...