The double dragon play bead is the performance of two dragons playing a fire bead. Its origin comes from the star map in China astronomy, and the fireball evolved from the moon.
Since the Western Han Dynasty, dragon playing with beads has become an auspicious and festive decorative pattern, which is mostly used for architectural color painting and noble and luxurious vessel decoration. The shape of Ssangyong depends on the area of decoration. If it is a dragon, the two dragons are symmetrically located on the left and right sides, showing the posture of walking dragons.
Characteristics of Shuanglong Pearl Opera;
As a folk dragon dance performance, Dragon Dance and Pearl Play are often performed in rural festivals. These two dragons are divided into female dragons and male dragons, so they are also called Ssangyong. The female dragon performer is 9 actresses, and the male dragon is 9 actors, plus 1 dragon ball. There are 19 dragon dancers in the whole program.
The dragon body of Ssangyong is made of cloth and covered with scales of pigment. The tap is small, the dragon stick is short, and the dance is dexterous and light, which is also suitable for actresses to perform. After the performance, five accompanists played big gongs, small gongs, drums, cymbals and other musical instruments. The dragon ball comes out first, imitates the built high platform, and then jumps down and runs to the stage. After stamping the stick on the ground three times, the male and female dragons danced on the stage respectively.
Follow the dragon ball, which is called "playing with the dragon ball". After that, the dragon ball performs the performance of winding through the array, or the dragon tail winds and collides with the dragon head, or the dragon head winds and the dragon tail shakes, all of which represent the affection of the male and female dragons. In the third stage, the Dragon Ball reappeared, leading the performance of Ssangyong until the end.