Dragon Dance is named as Dragon Lamp as well, by which people in the old time prayed for luck and long life and avoided disasters. Nowadays, it reflects people¡¯s happiness in the peaceful country. Dragon dance is a collective dancing art with four major skills: turning, rolling, crossing and lying. ¡°Dragon turning¡± is a common skill to imitate the lively picture of the dragonflying in the space through the organic turning from the head to the tail of the dragon. ¡°Dragon rolling¡± is performed at the interval of the procession when the dancers lie on their stomach on the ground to form the rolling posture of the dragon on the ground. ¡°Dragon crossing¡± is tochange the team shape so that the dragon head can shuttle and turn back and forth around the dragon body while the dragon body turns around and around accordingly. ¡°Dragon lying¡± is the lifelike posture of the coiling style when the dragon body is coiled together with the head upward in the middle and the dragon tail swinging outside freely. Dragon dancing is an ancient custom in Jiading, which is greatly favored by the masses.
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Dragon Dance is named as Dragon Lamp as well, by which people in the old time prayed for luck and long life and avoided disasters. Nowadays, it reflects people¡¯s happiness in the peaceful country. Dragon dance is a collective dancing art with four major skills: turning, rolling, crossing and lying. ¡°Dragon turning¡± is a common skill to imitate the lively picture of the dragon
flying in the space through the organic turning from the head to the tail of the dragon. ¡°Dragon rolling¡± is performed at the interval of the procession when the dancers lie on their stomach on the ground to form the rolling posture of the dragon on the ground. ¡°Dragon crossing¡± is to