Is there a tradition of dragon dancing in the Year of the Tiger?

There is a tradition of dragon dancing in the Year of the Tiger. Dragon dancing in the Spring Festival is a long-standing custom with national characteristics. From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifteenth day of the first month, people can often see dragon dancing to celebrate the New Year, whether in the city or in the countryside. In the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, villagers use dragon dances to pray for a good weather and a good harvest in the new year.

The Historical Development of Dragon Dance

Dragon dance refers to a traditional sports activity in which the dragon dancer, under the guidance of the dragon ball, holds dragon tools and is accompanied by drum music, and through the changes of human movements and postures, completes the dragon swimming, wearing, jumping, turning, rolling, beating, winding, group painting and modeling, and fully displays the essence, spirit, qi and rhyme of the dragon. The Chinese nation is the most populous country in the world. In all places where Chinese people live in the world, dragons are regarded as auspicious things. During festivals, congratulations, blessings, exorcism, offering sacrifices to gods and temple fairs, there are customs of dragon dancing.