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Dragon and Lantern Dance · Heritage item

Hucun Rolling Dragon

An extended traditional dance project of Honglan Subdistrict

Hucun Rolling Dragon is a traditional dance item of Honglan Subdistrict, Lishui District, listed as an extended project in the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024.

According to the public notice of January 2024, Hucun Rolling Dragon is an extended project in the recommended list for the fourth batch of district-level intangible cultural heritage items. Its category is traditional dance and its applicant unit is the Honglan Subdistrict Office. The item title carries the name Hucun, so the place of transmission is presumably in the Hucun area of Honglan Subdistrict.

Entry to be expanded. This is a skeleton entry: at present it guarantees only that the fields and sources are complete. Still to be added: the construction of the rolling dragon and how it differs from lantern-type dragon items, the performance sequence and the number of performers, the gong-and-drum accompaniment and the dates of performance, the historical origin and the line of transmission, and the name and level of the parent item on which this extended project depends (not stated in the notice). Until then, no unverified details will be entered.

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