Folk beliefs and customs

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: folk customs

Applicant: Macao Special Administrative Region

Item No.: 992

Project No.: Ⅹ - 85

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Macao

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Macao Special Administrative Region

Protected by: Macau fresh fish Association

Introduction to folk customs (fish trip and drunken Dragon Festival)

Applicant: Macao Special Administrative Region

Macao fish line drunk Dragon Festival is a unique folk traditional festival activity of Macao fish line, also known as Macao fish line drunk dragon lion Festival. It is held on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year.

Wuzuilong originated from Xiangshan County of Guangdong Province hundreds of years ago (now Zhongshan, Zhuhai and Macao). According to Daoguang's Xiangshan county annals, "on April 8, the Buddha was bathed in a floating butcher. The temples were decorated with wooden dragons, and the banners of the people were decorated with gold drums. They danced drunkenly in the middle of the Quzhou to fight against the epidemic, which was called zhuanlong."

Every year on the evening of the seventh day of April, the residents of Macao who engage in wholesale or retail of fishery gather in the vegetable market. They all sit on the ground and eat around the platform, forming the tradition of "long-lived meal at the head of dragon boat". In the banquet room, the wooden dragon on the incense table dances to pray. On the eighth day of April, the main activities of the festival are dancing drunk dragon parade and Free Dragon Boat meal. Dancing drunk dragon and dancing lion are two main performances in the festival.

Dancing drunk dragon is a festival activity jointly participated by the whole Association of Macao fresh fish shop, which is planned and organized by members of the board of directors and supervisors. Now all walks of life in Macao are widely involved.

The festival inherits the spirit of "dragon" of the Chinese nation and expresses the hope and blessing for the prosperity of the motherland. It is of great significance to enhance the cohesion of the Chinese nation and enhance the unity and cooperation spirit of the community and industry. It also has the research value of folklore and history.