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Chapter 138 Lion Dance Festival

The stowaway boat sailed at sea for more than ten hours, and arrived at a pier on Samar Island at noon the next day.

Along the way, except for eating, Lin Fan hardly left his room, because he found that no matter where he went, there were people around him who were "protecting" him.

Samar Island is the third largest island in Southeast Asia, belonging to the Visayas. It is 160 kilometers long from north to south, 40-96 kilometers wide from east to west, and covers an area of ​​13 square kilometers.

The annual average temperature here is above 26 degrees, which belongs to a typical tropical climate. Most of the settlements are in the coastal area, and the economy is backward.

When they arrived at the port, Captain Pang ordered these people to wait on the boat honestly, and he took four team members to change into civilian clothes and board the pier.

On the pier, Captain Pang talked for a while with a middle-aged man in a black Tang suit. The man made a call with his mobile phone, and soon a suspended transport truck drove up from a distance.

There was a container on board. Captain Pang came back from the pier and asked everyone to enter the container with weapons and belongings, and then the crane put the container on the truck.

With bumps along the way, the truck came to a large plantation and reached the warehouse deep in the plantation. The truck unloaded the container, and Captain Pang opened the box outside, and these people entered the warehouse.

After entering, Captain Pang took a look at the surrounding environment, and then issued the first order: "This is our temporary headquarters, and we will rest here in the future. You clean up. Without my order, it is strictly forbidden to go out."

After giving the order, he looked at Lin Fan again, thought for a while, and then slowly said: "Mr. Lin, you live outside, let's go meet the owner here now. Xue Yi, Lei Hong, you two put on Wear casual clothes, carry a pistol, and follow Mr. Lin."

Lin Fan knew that those two people were not only protecting him, but also monitoring him, but Captain Pang was able to introduce their insiders to Lin Fan, which also showed that Lin Fan had initially won his trust.

Captain Pang and Lin Fan walked out of the warehouse, along a path, across a rubber forest, and came to a courtyard full of ancient oriental charm.

A young man in a suit stood at the door. After seeing Captain Pang, he greeted him warmly.

The young man led the four of them into the living room, and Lin Fan took a rough look along the way. The artificial landscape and waterside pavilions here are full of poetic and picturesque charm.

In the living room, the middle-aged man who had met Captain Pang on the pier greeted him and exchanged pleasantries.

Captain Pang and Lin Fan sat down, Lei Hong and Xue Yi stood behind them, and a servant came out and served them two cups of tea.

"Mr. Hu, we are short on time this time, and we need to act immediately. Everything here depends on your help."

Captain Pang cupped his hands at the opponent, this kind of old etiquette is very popular in Nanyang.

"Mr. Li, please wait a moment, I have sent someone to the garage to pick up the car, and I will arrange for you to go out immediately."

The middle-aged man called Captain Pang Mr. Li. From the moment he boarded the ship, Captain Pang and the others had taken on new identities, which had nothing to do with them before.

After drinking tea in the living room for a while, the young man came back to the living room and said in a low voice, "Dad, the arrangements have been made."

Captain Pang looked at Lin Fan and said, "Mr. Lin, I will trouble you with the following matters. The two of them will be responsible for protecting you."

Lin Fan smiled slightly, did not speak, followed behind the young man, said goodbye to the middle-aged man, and then walked out of the living room.

At the gate of the yard, there was already a black Audi business car parked there. Lin Fan, Lei Hong, and Xue Yi got into the car, and the young man sat in the driver's seat.

After the young man started the car, he turned his head and smiled at Lin Fan and said, "Mr. Lin, let's go to Guan Gong Temple. Today, Hong Men will hold an incense hall and a lion dance club there."

"I'm sorry to trouble you." Lin Fan nodded in response.

On the way, he kept looking outside through the car window. The economy of Samar Island was backward and there was almost no established industry, so there were not many vehicles on the road.

It wasn't until we reached a Chinatown that it slowly became lively, and there were more and more pedestrians on the road, and there were bursts of gongs and drums outside.

Lion dance is a traditional folk performing art. Under the music of gongs and drums, people dress up as lions and perform various movements of lions.

Traditional lion dance is divided into two major schools, the Northern School and the Southern School.

The shape of the northern lion resembles that of a real lion, with a relatively simple head and golden hair all over its body.A lion with a red knot on its head is a male lion, and a lion with a green knot is a female.

Northern lions show flexible movements, which are different from southern lions' emphasis on power and ferocity. They mainly focus on jumping, falling, turning, rolling, jumping, scratching and other movements.

The Southern Lion, also known as the Awakening Lion, has a more powerful shape and pays attention to horse steps when dancing.The lion head is inspired by opera mask, with bright colors and exquisite production; the eyelids and mouth are movable.

The dancers abstractly express various shapes through different horse steps and lion head movements, paying attention to the similarity of intention and spirit.

Traditionally, Southern Lions and Lion Heads are divided into Liu, Guan and Zhang.The three kinds of lion heads are not only different in color, but also in decoration, and the dancing methods are also different according to the personalities of the three ancient people.

The red color is Guan Gong Lion, which represents loyalty and victory. Because Guan Yu is also the god of wealth in the eyes of the Chinese, Guan Gong Lion also represents wealth.

The yellow color is Liu Bei Lion, which represents Zebei common people, benevolence and righteousness and royal nobility.

Black is Zhang Feishi, which represents domineering and bravery, so generally Zhang Feishi is only used in competitions or challenges in the gymnasium, and red and yellow are common for general festive events.

Lion dance is very popular in Nanyang. The Chinese living here regard the lion dance as a big festival. Whenever there is a festival, lion dance teams will appear in Chinatown.

The southern lions are generally the main ones here, and the northern lions are rarely seen, because most of the Chinese in Nanyang are immigrants from the south of the Yanhuang Kingdom, and these people have retained many ancient traditions.

Before the Lion Dance Festival on Samar Island, a gathering will be held at the Guan Gong Temple, and then the local hall boss will preside over the eye-dotting ceremony at the entrance of the temple, and smear cinnabar on the lion's eyes and the heavenly court, symbolizing the giving of aura and life.

After the start of the Lion Dance Festival, the lion dance team has performances such as going out of the cave, going up the mountain, patrolling the mountain and meeting lions, picking greens, and entering the cave.

Among them, Caiqing is the most common. According to legend, "Caiqing" originally meant "reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty", but now it is generally taken from its meaning, which means "vigorous" and a symbol of prosperous business.

Green uses the homonym of lettuce (生财).Hang the lettuce and the profit market (red envelope), and the lion dances several times in front of the green, showing hesitation, then jumps up, eats the green vegetable in one bite (called picking green), and then bites the lettuce into pieces (called broken green). ), and also imitate the expression of a lion’s full meal (called drunk green) and then spit out the crushed greens to greet everyone (called making money everywhere).

There are many taboos in lion dance, and these taboos are especially important in Nanyang. If you accidentally break the taboo, you will be reprimanded at least, and you will get into trouble at worst.

Lin Fan and his group arrived at Samar Island a bit late. The lion dance festival started in the morning and was coming to an end at noon. Now the streets are full of people celebrating in parades, many of whom are wearing classic costumes.

(This week, it was planned to be updated five times a day. Later, in order to cooperate with the recommendation arrangement, it was changed to two weeks a day. From next week, the recommendation period will be updated five times a day. I hope you will support me a lot.)
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