Every Mid-Autumn Festival
Hong Kong citizens eat mooncakes and flower lanterns
There is also the custom of watching the "Big Pit Fire Dragon Dance"
This is not only for the citizens of Hong Kong
A beautiful wish for a Mid-Autumn Festival reunion
It also makes people feel the wonderful integration of fashion and traditional culture
Although this year's "Dakeng Fire Dragon Dance" activity was suspended due to the epidemic
But the heritage team still insisted on making the dragon
This custom has been preserved for more than 100 years
Let's follow in the footsteps of the reporters at the main station
Listen to the story of Hong Kong's "Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance"
This is a dragon that has been "dancing" for more than a hundred years
Tai Hang, Hong Kong, is a Hakka village
It is rumored that in 1880, there was a plague in Tai Hang
To extinguish the plague
The villagers made a dragon with incense sticks
Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, that is, the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth days of the eighth month of the lunar calendar
For three consecutive nights, the fire dragon marched around the village
Set off firecrackers along the way
The plague then ceased
Since then, the villagers of Dakeng have maintained this custom for generations
Three days of dragon dances are held every year
to keep the pit safe
Source: Hong Kong Tourism Board
It has been passed down for more than 100 years
The "Big Pit Dancing Fire Dragon" has long been
One of the most traditional Mid-Autumn Festival customs in Hong Kong
In 2011, this intergenerational event
It is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage
Become another unique city card of Hong Kong
A Mid-Autumn Festival tradition that has remained unchanged for 100 years
Today, the villagers of Tai Hang Village in Hong Kong
Still insist on making fire dragons by hand
Every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dakeng villagers
Depart from the Lotus Palace, which has a history of more than 150 years
Dancing giant fire dragons, weaving through the streets
The fire flickered along the way
Winding and undulating fire dragons
Dancing to the sound of gongs and drums, it is very lively
Source: Hong Kong Tourism Board
Chen Dehui, the inheritor of the "Dakeng Fire Dragon Dance", introduced
The production process of the dragon is complex
The fire dragon dance requires hundreds of people to work together
As a customary tradition of the Big Pit
Every year around the Mid-Autumn Festival
In the three days of dragon dance, such as moonward, moon-watching, and moon-chasing
About 300 people help with the dragon dance every night
Source: Information Office, HKSAR Government
Today, the fire dragon dance has long been danced out of the pit and is famous in Hong Kong
Chen Dehui said that he and his family will "dance the fire dragon in the big pit"
This cultural practice continues to be passed on
"It's been developing like this, it's been dancing like this
Let the 'Big Pit Fire Dragon Dance' carry forward
This is the inheritance of culture."
Source: Hong Kong Tourism Board
It begins with blessings and is passed down from generation to generation
A fire dragon has been dancing in Hong Kong for a hundred years
It is not only the children of Xiangjiang who carry it
Constant expectations for a better life and Mid-Autumn Festival reunion
It also contains the descendants of Yan Huang
Respect and continuation of traditional Chinese culture
Although this year's "Dakeng Fire Dragon Dance" activity was suspended due to the epidemic
Fire dragons made by the heritage team
It is impossible to jump up at the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival as in the past
But this one carries the children of Xiangjiang
A fire dragon praying for peace and health
Traditional culture has long been guarded by generations of inheritors
Dance into people's hearts
It carries the spiritual bloodline with regional and national attributes
Blooming with a charming and timeless brilliance
Source: Voices of the Greater Bay Area