Chinese Dragon Dance
Tracing its origins to the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE), the traditional dragon dance began as a ceremony for worshiping ancestors and praying for rain. It later became more of an entertainment, often performed during Chinese New Year. In Chinese culture, dragons symbolize wisdom, power, dignity, fertility, and auspiciousness, and have also become a symbol of Chinese culture itself. Odd numbers of the dragon’s joints are regarded as auspicious, so people often make an odd-numbered jointed dragon puppet. Right before the dance, the head and the tail of the dragon are connected to its body. Then, someone holding a rod with a large ball at the top leads the dragon during the dance. As the dragon follows the ball’s movement-left and right, back and forth, up and down, and thus moving in waves-it appears to be dancing.
In this video from the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival program “China: Tradition and the Art of Living,” members of the Zhejiang Wu Opera troupe from Jinhua in eastern China performed the dragon dance.
Learn more about dragon dance: s.si.edu/2Xzrh1B
Learn more about “China: Tradition and the Art of Living”: s.si.edu/2wDUygA
Editing: Jackson Harvey
Camera: David Barnes, Shiyu Wang, Abby Sternberg
[Catalog No. CFV11261; © 2019 Smithsonian Institution]
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The ball that the dragon is always chasing is the pearl of wisdom.
@fruitypebbles803
Жыл бұрын
Oh. Someone told me it was a lollipop! 🤦♀️
@mistral8586
9 ай бұрын
@@fruitypebbles803the only valid answer is that its an lollipop from now 😂
@silverkitty2503
4 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@jaybanks2709
3 ай бұрын
wow really that's amazing thanks for the knowledge
I have always LOVED Dragon dances
0:41 AHH LUV IT
Today I saw the dragon dance live (video on my channel)! it was awesome!😊
such great show
What's the banging sound I hear in a dragon dance?
There was a movie with people dancing with the dragon and their puppets, you know?
Very nice.
Happy Chinese New Year! It's the Year of the Rabbit.
@BatDragon2
Ай бұрын
Now the year of the 🐲
0:33 Omg love the music, what is it called?
Anyone knows the name of the piece/song?
wow good performance and great culture Dragons mean a lot to them
What a dragon dance
@chikkennuget1017
3 жыл бұрын
its where you take a shit on stage
@LRC7
3 жыл бұрын
@@chikkennuget1017 exactly
What is the song
I KNOW sooooooo short
嗨,吾闻之吾学而见其视频
anyone know what instruments are used
@ahhxnskzmais
3 жыл бұрын
I know there's the gong. But I don't know any others.
@lytenazawata1661
Жыл бұрын
An erhu
Beautiful!❤❤❤👏👏👏
i like dragons
Bro do i have to wait 10 years to know the song
@SmithsonianFolklife
4 ай бұрын
An advisor of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival’s China program, who specializes in performing arts, believes the dance company created this music based on traditional tunes to fit the performance. Sorry that's all we know, bro!
I do this at school the dance 🏫
hi
Wow
الله ينصر الصينين؟بيجين
😌
Nice and lovely dance it was ☺️
hwaw papa?france
I watched it at school
Garden valley Wale kon kon hai 😂
Trusted that lady in the insta comments and watched a dragon dance, worth it tho
Alguém ai do 6° que veio pela tia Jeísa? Kkkkkkk
0:09 0:10 0:11 0:12 0:12 0:13 0:24 0:25 0:26 0:27 0:29
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Gua juga punya tuh temen yg anggota dragon dance _-
bkitha?france
Chinese dragon🐲🐲🐲🐲🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉
I rember 18000 years ago i was cane Buddha grandfather Eskimo came to save me called Chinese people they put on monks robes changeing out of fur saving me Cane people blame me for killing Abel it was God killed abel and people who playing mind games too
@exoexotic3655
3 жыл бұрын
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