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Dragon dances are the most spectacular dances performed at New year. Chinese consider dragons to be friendly and helpful creatures associated with strength, good fortune, wisdom and longevity. These creatures inhabit every body of water as well as rain and are linked to the Pearl of Knowledge. The longer the dragon, the more luck it will bring to the community. As a result, communities strive to have very long dragons dancing during the New Year. Some dragons are so long that they require twenty or thirty people to hold up the tail!

Category: Mask tradition

Added on: Oct 17, 2002 | Hits: 18199