Grass dragon was originally an activity that prayed to God to drive away the plague and prevent fire and rain, and later it evolved into a fitness and entertainment activity. Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty wrote in Laifeng County Records and Customs Records: "In May and June, insects or crops were injured in the rain, and farmers * * * delayed the monk road, set up altars to recite scriptures, woven grass into dragons, played golden drums and danced all over the fields, which made people angry. "Get rid of the plague. May and June of the lunar calendar is the growing period of rice in the field, and there are many pests and diseases, mainly rice blast, so farmers use dancing grass to drive away rice blast. The activity starts from the village to the field, and dances along the road in turn on every paddy field and every ridge, with the same movements as dancing lights and dragons. The Dragon Dance Team performed dance skills such as blowing horns, firing three-eye cannons, beating gongs and drums, and setting off firecrackers. After dancing in all the fields in their respective villages, the grass will take the dragon to the stream and burn it. This is called sending the dragon back to the sea. Fire protection (moving flame). It is held around the Dragon Boat Festival in May of the lunar calendar or when rice is about to mature in July. On the day of dragon dance, a basin of water and a roll of screened grains were placed in the middle of every hall in the village to welcome the dragon dance team. Besides dancing nine grass dragons, the Dragon Dance Team also has a ten-foot-long bamboo boat with a pot of charcoal fire in the middle, which is carried by two people. Three other people, archery, archery and toast, and others followed. The dragon dance team, led by Tu Laosi, started from the first village head and entered every room from top to bottom. After that, the faucet nodded three times to the shrine of the room, and then circled the room, dancing all kinds of tricks. At this time, the water shooter used the water in the basin to shoot water in the southeast, northwest and five sides (meaning to put out the fire), and the Tujia company grabbed the grain in Luo sieve and scattered it in the southeast, northwest and five sides. After every household in the village finished dancing, the grass carried dragons and charcoal boats to the stream to light a fire. Dancing the dragon and moving the flame means asking the dragon to move Vulcan out of the village to avoid fire and ensure peace. When dancing the grass dragon, the dancers are all shirtless and have all kinds of skills and movements. Grass dragons can be divided into "dry dragons" and "wet dragons". Dry dragons are mostly for entertainment, while wet dragons are for rain. Wherever the dragon went, onlookers threw water on it, and the dancers were soaked. On the Lantern Festival, Tujia people burn grass and release dragons in Tujia village. At the end of the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, they will send lanterns and burn them. On the first day of the Lantern Festival,/kloc-children under 0/2 years old were tied into straw to make dragons. After the grass dragon is tied, put the bamboo stick made in advance on the grass dragon and tie it with a rope. Generally, starting from seven, you can call nine, 1 1 or more. On the Lantern Festival, a group of children danced with tied grass dragons, commonly known as grass dragons, and every household was dancing. It means exorcising evil spirits or sending spirits. Whenever the grass and dragon dance go there, the family should prepare gifts for sending lights, mainly scented paper candles, Baba and red envelopes. Red envelopes look at the family's rich and poor packages. Rich families can send more, and poor families can send less, which shows that the host is virtuous and generous. When every household in the whole stockade dances all over, the gongs and drums team and the adults with gift paper will lead the way to burn dragons in the secluded place of the village, that is, burn lanterns or send them away. After burning the dragon lantern, the annual Spring Festival ends here and enters a new year. Tujia people are busy with the Spring Festival. According to regulations and customs, sending lanterns and burning lanterns must end on the fifteenth night of the first month. If the stockade is too big and one grass dragon is not enough, two or three or four dragons can be tied in groups according to the number of households, and they are responsible for dancing in each piece respectively, so as not to become a family. According to custom, if a grass dragon loses a family in the stockade and doesn't go swimming, then the family will suffer from plague all the year round. After the disaster, every family in the stockade was on pins and needles. Therefore, the Dragon Dance Team must not get close to any family.