Kirin dance (Sakata yongshengtang dance Kirin)

Chinese national intangible cultural heritage Name: Qilin dance (Sakata yongshengtang dance Qilin)

Applicant: Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province

Project No.: 640

Project No.: Ⅲ - 43

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: traditional dance

Region: Guangdong Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province

Protected by: Bantian Street Sports Service Center, Longgang District, Shenzhen

Qilin dance (Sakata yongshengtang dance Qilin)

Applicant: Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province

Sakata yongshengtang dance Qilin is named according to the meaning of "Qilin always wins". It was created in 1840 by aotousi (flower name), the founder of Sakata yongshengtang dance Qilin. It is mainly spread in Bantian street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Xixiang street, Bao'an District, etc. it has a history of more than 170 years and has been handed down for 12 generations.

Qilin dance in Yongsheng hall mainly includes Qilin dance and martial arts performance. Kirin dance mainly simulates the movements and situations of cats and tigers shaking their heads, wagging their tails, frolicking and playing, and integrates martial arts footwork to perform the routines of Kirin coming out of the hole, chewing their feet, getting Kirin's tail, dozing off, swinging, kicking, picking, daffodils, shiziqing, Wren garden and Kirin turning over the king. Martial arts performances include boxing, broadsword, cudgel, iron fork, internal needle and duel.

Since 1841, Yongsheng hall dance Qilin has been invited to perform in various places. During the period of the Republic of China, yongshengtang dance Qilin performed in Hong Kong. Liu Zhaoguang, the seventh generation inheritor, once opened a martial arts school in Hong Kong and taught dance Qilin.

Dancing Qilin, a traditional folk dance, is a festival and festive custom of Hakka people in Bantian, which is deeply loved by the local people.