龍的故事:

中國自故相傳,龍是吉祥之物,能興雲佈雨,所謂飛龍在天,廣澤萬物神靈,降福迎祥,象徵皇者之尊貴,故中國人自稱是龍的傳人. 相傳佛祖出世,天上九龍齊到佛祖面前,噴水為佛祖沐浴淨身.而每年的農曆四月初八,便是記念佛祖出世(浴佛節). 龍是五瑞獸之首.而龍的面目,直至現在,還沒有人見過.現時坊間製作的龍,多是古時圖像,流傳至今,而加以製作.傳至今天,龍的製作種類,已頗多款式. 香港式的舞龍,大至分類如下:有金龍,銀龍,彩龍,夜光龍(配合螢光燈在全黑場地舞動),火龍(以燃點的的香插在龍身,在晚上黑暗的地方舞動,尤如有火的龍,在大地飛舞.每年農曆中秋節迎月,賞月,追月這三日,每晚8時正,在銅鑼灣大坑都有舞火龍表演,相傳大坑有瘟疫,舞火龍可驅除瘟疫.)還有紗龍(以輕紗造成,內有火光,在晚間舞動)及氫氣龍(以塑膠製成龍身,注入氫氣,然後以繩索縛在龍的各部份,在空中扯動各部份而舞動.) 龍身長度超過150呎以上屬於大龍,40呎至50呎的屬於小龍,50呎以上,150呎以下屬於中龍. 龍藝:舞龍分為南龍及北龍.南龍龍身巨大及較笨重,舞動時需較多人手接力.北龍龍身較細及較輕盈,舞動時人手較少及較靈活,而表演花式也比較多.現時比賽多以北龍為主.舞龍由持龍珠者帶引,龍頭追隨龍珠起舞,而龍身高低翻騰,龍尾者左右擺動,走勢則以輕盈矯捷,活躍翻騰,或纏繞而盤旋,作成蟠龍之狀.或昂首迴翔,似騰雲天際,或浮游起落,若鼓浪碧波,現出龍騰虎躍之勢.

Dragon Dancing

The Story of Dragons According to the old saying, dragons meant the lucky symbol. They were able to produce clouds and rain. Therefore, they could bring luck to people and as a result, dragons represented rulers of the kingdom. Most Chinese called themselves as the descendants of dragons. It was said that when the Buddha was born, there were 9 dragons in the sky. These dragons approached the Buddha and brought water to help him take a bath, Since nobody has seen the dragons, the dragons manufactured are according to the old sayings. Therefore, there are many ways to manufacture dragons. In Hong Kong, the dragons are divided into gold dragons, silver dragons, colored dragons, fluorescent dragons and fire dragons. The last type is played in Causeway Bay. The fire dragons are featured by putting many joy-sticks on their body. The purpose of playing it is to get rid of disasters. The types of dragons are divided into according to their length. The “huge” dragons have 150 feet or above. The “medium” dragons have 50 to 150 feet. The “small” dragons have 40 to 50 feet. The dragon dancing can be divided into 2 streams. the South and the North. The South stream of dragon dancing is larger and clumsier than the North Stream. Therefore, it needs more players to support. Most people like watching the North Stream because it is faster. When the dragon is dancing, it is led by a dragon ball. When the dragon ball is moving up and down, the dragon follows it up and down as well. It looks like in the sky.