Chinese dragon culture is a symbol of the totem of the Chinese nation, and ancient people believed that there should be an infinitely powerful water-related figure to dominate, direct, and manipulate these animals and celestial phenomena.
The dragon as a phenomenon of worship, an "understanding" of the incredible forces of nature, began its "fuzzy collection" from this time on. For thousands of years, the dragon has become a symbol of China, a symbol of the Chinese nation, and a symbol of Chinese culture.
For every descendant of Yan Huang, the image of the dragon is a symbol, an idea, a flesh-and-blood emotion! The titles of "descendants of the dragon" and "descendants of the dragon" often make us excited, energetic and proud. From the totem worship of primitive dragons by Neolithic ancestors more than 7,000 years ago to today, people still use idioms or allusions with dragon characters to describe the beautiful things in life. It represents the profound cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.
Nowadays, according to the symbol of the dragon totem, people have developed into a kind of fitness equipment called the ribbon dragon (also known as the Chinese fitness dragon, the Chinese dragon), which is popular all over the country and has become a way for people to exercise in squares and parks.
This kind of exercise is suitable for all ages, strong arbitrariness, the amount of exercise can be large or small, safe and reliable, high ornamental, high fitness value, both can exercise people's body and happy mood, is a rare public fitness project.
Its main action is "dance", by going around the 8 characters, around the circle, etc. to dance the dragon, in the dance to add running, jumping, throwing in various directions, turning, flipping, balancing and other movements to increase the pattern of dance. You can also add some simple movements in sports such as side-handed flip, forward rolling, back rolling, fish jumping forward rolling, flying feet, spinners and other actions into the dance movements to increase the difficulty of the dance.
Regular participation in dragon dance can effectively exercise the human body's running ability, jumping ability, speed ability, sensitivity ability, flexibility ability, thinking ability, etc., at the same time, it can also increase social interaction and communication between people, and regulate people's emotions and mood. It has good exercise value for enhancing people's vitality, improving people's physical fitness, and inspiring people's spirits.
In the physical education classroom teaching of all types of schools at all levels, the dragon dance can also be used as a project of classroom teaching tasks to carry out teaching activities, which not only improves students' enthusiasm for practice, but also plays a subtle role in promoting traditional culture, which will certainly be loved by teenagers.
Under the national "double reduction" policy, students have more spare time, and every day they use half an hour to let students dance the dragon, which not only exercises the body and mind, strengthens the physique, activates the campus atmosphere, but also allows students to learn a sports skill, and cultivates the awareness of lifelong exercise of students, which is also a good choice.
There are several issues to be aware of when carrying out this campaign:
1. Before the dragon dance exercise, it is necessary to prepare the body for activities, such as joints, muscles, waist, neck, etc. to be fully active to avoid sports injuries.
2, in the process of dragon dance, do some actions suitable for yourself, do not be whimsical. It is necessary to actually complete different movements and exercises according to different ages. Each activity should be less than half an hour or more than an hour, and slight sweating is preferred.
3. The dragon dance should have a sense of innovation, and after the dance is skilled, you can creatively create some of your own movements.
4. Pay attention to safety, choose a good venue, pay attention to hygiene, and avoid wind direction.