The Pok Fu Lam Village Fire Dragon 薄扶林村火龍

Опубликовано: 31 Декабрь 2024
на канале: Derry Ainsworth

The Fire Dragon Dance in Pok Fu Lam is the main activity during the Mid-Autumn Festival. People hope to beg for peace and be blessed by the gods. It is an important part of the cultural heritage of Hong Kong.

The Fire Dragon Dance in Pok Fu Lam is similar to Tai Hang's. The origin of Fire Dragon Dance can be traced to over a hundred years ago in Tai Hang. After suffering from a storm, the people of Pok Fu Lam village were attacked by a snake that destroyed the village's peace. The villagers then caught the snake and killed it. In the days following the snake's death, plague broke out in Tai Hang. At that time, an elderly villager received Buddha's guidance in a dream that told him to hold The Fire Dragon Dance in the Mid-Autumn festival to drive away the plague. This succeeded, and people began to believe that The Fire Dragon Dance could drive away bad luck and plague. So the tradition of The Fire Dragon Dance has been upheld until now and the location spread from Tai Hang to Po Fu Lam. The Fire Dragon Dance is a traditional custom of the Hakka ethnic group from China.