Performing a dragon lantern dance is a very ancient custom, it is the custom that drive walks along a devil and people is set with dragon. Vibrant method is a person in front is shaking the Long Zhu in the hand, the person that there is dragon lantern from the back has rhythm ground to follow Long Zhu to ambulate, the key is to want those who rely on unitive become reconciled of everybody to cooperate. So, often occasionally, perform a dragon lantern dance mean solidarity, also contain what everybody lives to happiness to place, desire and hope.
舞龙灯是一个很古老的风俗，是人们以龙来驱走魔鬼而设的风俗。舞动的方法是前面的一个人摇着手里的龙珠，后面撑着龙灯的人有节奏地跟着龙珠走动，关键是要靠大家的团结和好的配合。所以，往往有时候，舞龙灯意味着团结，也含有大家对美好生活的寄托，愿望和希望。
I also was watched personally in a year of Spring Festival perform a dragon lantern dance. I and parents come to ” of “ dragon acupuncture point above all, just arrived, firecracker rang. We see a few people are lifting dragon lantern, knocking gong and drum to go slowly from inside ” of “ dragon acupuncture point. Father tells me, this is the first pace that perform a dragon lantern dance, come out dragon please. We go in the village as dragon lantern. I am in the crowd like tide forward the place with firecracker the loudest voice is stood by. I saw dragon lantern eventually, what see that gules bibcock is done only is lifelike, the eye is sharp, beard and Mao Ye by depict very distinct. There is scale on its body, and very big, ten perform a dragon lantern dance seasonedly personnel is showing their adept skill to the villager and audience, in gong and drum accompany below, as if have a true Long Huan delay ground full marks / had flown at the moment in you.
我在一年春节中也亲自观看了舞龙灯。我与父母首先来到“龙穴”，刚到，鞭炮便响了起来。我们看见一些人举着龙灯，敲着锣鼓从“龙穴”中缓缓地走出来。爸爸告诉我，这是舞龙灯的第一步，把龙请出来。我们随着龙灯在村庄中走。我在像潮流一样的人群中朝着鞭炮声最响的地方靠近。我终于看到了龙灯，只见那红色的龙头被做的栩栩如生，眼睛炯炯有神，胡须和毛也被刻画的十分逼真。它的身体上画着鳞片，而且很大，十几个经验丰富的舞龙灯人员正在向村民和观众展示他们娴熟的技术，在锣鼓的伴奏下，仿佛有一条真的龙缓缓地满分/在你眼前飞过。
After dragon lantern took the home, parents lets me do obeisance to dragon lantern, I genuflect is done obeisance to on the ground. Father tells me later, this appearance can get a surname bless. such, we are in of the village every every stay after watching, the team that we perform a dragon lantern dance accordingly comes to the side of the river, stop watch their more wonderful show.
龙灯进了家后，父母让我拜一下龙灯，我便跪在地上拜了一拜。后来爸爸告诉我，这样子可以得到龙的保佑。就这样，我们在村庄的每家每户都停留观看之后，我们跟着舞龙灯的队伍来到了河边，驻足观看他们更加精彩的表演。
People dragon lantern slowly put down, genuflect is on the ground, a person also ignited dragon lantern gravely, below blaze, that gules megalosaurus disappears slowly. Mom calls me to make a wish, I made sincerely wish, hope the desire can be in of dragon bless below be able to come true. Then, dragon bless stay on the earth, brought our good will together blue sky, perform a dragon lantern dance to end at this point.
人们把龙灯缓缓放下，都跪在地上，有一个人也庄重地点燃了龙灯，在火光下，那条红色巨龙慢慢消失。妈妈叫我许一个心愿，我郑重、真诚地许了一个愿，并希望愿望能在龙的保佑下得以实现。于是，龙把保佑留在了大地上，并把我们美好的愿望一起带上了苍天，舞龙灯就此结束。
The happiness that performed a dragon lantern dance to convey working people to live to future not only is yearning, as traditional custom also accumulate containing China the mental culture —— of acting acting according to legend is willing to unite for good life of one mind, face the challenge of the life together. But now this consuetudinary already very few, let us cherish it, protect it, wish it is like running water in the endless flow of human civilization one dc drips go down.
舞龙灯不仅表达了劳动人民对于未来生活的美好向往，作为传统风俗也蕴含着中国代代相传的精神文化——为了美好的生活愿意团结一心，一起面对生活的挑战。但是现在这个习俗已经很少了，让我们去珍惜它，保护它吧，愿它像流水一样在人类文明的长河中一直流淌下去。(文/徐若诚)