The Culture Inheritance And Variation Process Of Xing Long Dragon Dance

This paper mainly uses the field work and interview methods, taking Xing long dragon dance as the study object. From Xing long dragon dance, a description about Xing long dragon dance is given, especially its culture inheritance and variation process. After the description of such folk activity, this article analyzes what dragon dance culture have profound influenced on Chinese people’s thoughts and daily life style.This paper is divided into six parts:The first part is an introduction, mainly includes the meaning of selected topic and literature review of dragon culture.In the second part, Xing long’s village background is introduced, mentioned with its location, the origin and legends of the name of Xing long village.The third part describes the inherit ant development process of Xing long dragon dance activity in detail. First, the history of Xing long dragon dance activity; Second, the organization of dragon dance team, some preparation before activity as well as procedures in this festival activities in. Thirdly, a detail analysis of dragon dance types and routines, set out that strong religious composition implied in it.The fourth part mainly discusses the variation process of Xing long dragon dance. With the rapid development of modern social economy, Xing long dragon dance’s custom also produced a few change, for example, the Dragon Lantern materials, dragon dance patterns, main inherentance people, exorcise ceremony etc, A variant changes reveals that Xing long dragon dance activity is experiencing new society’s test.The fifth part analyzes why traditional village culture meets variation, and how to protect such similar folk activity. Though Xing long dragon dance, we see its important social functions, that is, the dragon culture shapes people’s public life model, enriches people’s spare time and spirit world, provides them with spiritual sustenance and comfort. But, we also should see in modern economic society, dragon culture losts its religious colour gradually. It has complex reasons, involves many sideds such as its intrinsic development factors and also influenced by external environment.The sixth part is the conclusion of the Xing long village folk activities through the dragon of inheritance and variation of the description, found the traditional dragon culture connotation with modern economy and people’s psychological development, by rain, rang disaster, from the traditional folk custom psychology to peace, harmony, auspicious, the blessing of the thriving of culture concept change. The traditional dragon culture to the modern economy and society live, its meaning is bound by time and cultural development and derive new dragon culture connotation in order to conform to the modern trend.