HUANGSHAN, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Straw-woven dragon dance is a folk custom in Shuyuan Village, east China's Anhui Province, with a history of more than 300 years.
Straw-woven dragons with more than ten meters in length were handcrafted by local villagers for dragon dance performances to greet the day of Longtaitou, which literally means "dragon raises head".
Heralding the start of the spring plowing season, the Longtaitou Day, the second day of the second lunar month, falls on Friday this year. Villagers perform dragon dance to pray for harvest and auspiciousness.
A villager checks the straw-woven dragon ahead of the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022.
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Villagers perform dragon dance with the straw-woven dragon to greet the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
Villagers perform dragon dance with the straw-woven dragon to greet the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
Villagers perform dragon dance with the straw-woven dragon to greet the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
A villager checks the straw-woven dragon ahead of the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
Villagers perform dragon dance with the straw-woven dragon to greet the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
Villagers perform dragon dance with the straw-woven dragon to greet the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
Villagers perform dragon dance to greet the Longtaitou Day in Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. (Photo by Shi Yalei/Xinhua)■
