舞龙运动的文化解析

Analysis of the Dragon Dancing Culture

舞龙运动源于上古的祈龙求雨,到汉代,成为一种大型的娱乐欢庆节目,唐宋时期已成为一种常见的节日欢庆习俗,并逐渐脱离了“祭祀求雨”的意味,而演变成民间一种重要的节日娱乐狂欢活动。舞龙运动是华夏民族龙文化的物质载体,这一运动具有强大的文化功能,对于弘扬优秀传统文化,深刻认识传统文化中和谐文化的精髓,增强民族凝聚力,构建和谐社会,具有重要的作用。

The Dragon Dancing started when the ancient Chinese prayed for rain. Till Han Dynasty,it had become a kind of large-scale entertainment of celebrating. Tang and Song dynasties witnessed it a kind of common holiday gradually separated from the custom of ＂sacrificial prays for rain＂, evolving into a revelry activity on important holidays. The dragon dancing movement is the material carrier of Chinese national culture of dragon,which has the formidable cultural effect. It plays an important role in bringing honor to the outstanding traditional culture, profound understanding the traditional cultural essence of harmony, enhancement of national cohesion, and constructing the harmonious society.