Chapter 140: Lion Dance Festival

Author: It's okay to be idle

The smuggling boat traveled for more than a dozen hours at sea before arriving at a pier on Samar Island at noon the next day.

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

Samar Island is the third largest island in the South Seas, belonging to the Visayas, with a length of 160 kilometers from north to south and a width of 4,096 kilometers from east to west, with an area of 13,080 square kilometers.

The average annual temperature here is above 26 degrees, which is a typical tropical climate, and 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 honestly on the ship, and he took four team members to change into civilian clothes and boarded the dock.

On the dock, Captain Pang chatted for a while with a middle-aged man in a black Tang suit, who made a call with his mobile phone, and soon a suspended transport truck drove in the distance.

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

With a bumpy ride, the truck came to a large plantation, and until it reached the warehouse location deep in the plantation, the truck unloaded the container, and Captain Pang opened the box outside, and the 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, 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 said slowly: "Mr. Lin, you live outside, let's go meet the master here now." Xue Yi, Lei Hong, the two of you change into civilian clothes, carry pistols, and follow Mr. Lin. ”

Lin Fan knew that those two people were both protecting themselves and being responsible for monitoring themselves, but Captain Pang was able to introduce their guilt to Lin Fan, which also meant that Lin Fan had initially won his trust.

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

A young man in a suit stood at the door, and after seeing Captain Pang, he greeted him very enthusiastically.

The young man led the four of them into the living room, and Lin Fan took a cursory look along the way, where the artificial landscape pavilion was full of poetry.

When they arrived in the living room, the middle-aged man who had met Captain Pang on the dock greeted him and exchanged a few words of greeting.

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

"Mr. Hu, we are short on time this time, we need to start acting immediately, and everything here depends on your help."

Captain Pang arched his hand at the other party, this old etiquette was very popular in Nanyang.

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

The middle-aged man called Captain Pang Mr. Li, and from the moment he got on the boat, Captain Pang and these people had already taken on a new identity, and they had nothing to do with before.

After drinking tea in the living room for a while, soon the young man returned to the living room and whispered, "Dad, it's been arranged." ”

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

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

When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, 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 Guangong Temple now, there is an incense hall in Hongmen today, and there is a lion dance party." ”

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

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

It wasn't until it reached a Chinatown that it slowly began to become lively, and the number of pedestrians on the road began to increase, and there were bursts of gongs and drums outside.

Lion dance is a traditional folk performing art, under the music of gongs and drums, dressed as a lion, making various forms of lion movements.

The traditional lion dance is divided into two major schools, the northern and the southern.

The shape of the northern lion resembles a real lion, the lion's head is relatively simple, and the whole body is covered with golden yellow hair. A lion with a red knot on its head is a male lion, and a lion with a green knot is a female.

The northern lion shows flexible movements, which are different from the southern lion's emphasis on might, and mainly pounce, fall, flip, roll, jump, scratch and other actions.

The southern lion, also known as the awakening lion, is more powerful in shape, and pays attention to horse steps when dancing. The lion's head is based on the opera mask, with bright colors and exquisite manufacturing; The eyes and mouth can be moved.

The dancers use different horse steps and lion head movements to abstractly express various shapes, paying attention to the intention and resemblance to the gods.

Traditionally, the lion head of the Southern Lion is divided into Liu Guanzhang. The three kinds of lion heads are not only different in color and decoration, but also different in dance style according to the character of the three ancient people.

Red is Guan Gong Lion, representing loyalty and victory, because Guan Yu is the god of martial arts and wealth in the minds of the Chinese, so Guan Gong Lion also represents wealth.

Yellow is Liu Beishi, representing Ze's common people, benevolence and royal nobility.

Black is Zhang Feishi, representing domineering and bravery, so Zhang Feishi is generally only used in competitions or kicking stadium challenges, and red and yellow are common for general celebrations.

The lion dance is very popular in Nanyang, and the Chinese diaspora here regard the lion dance as a big festival, and every time there is a festival, there will be a lion dance team in Chinatown.

The southern lion is generally the main here, and the northern lion is rarely seen, because most of the Chinese in the southern seas are immigrants from the south of the Yanhuang Kingdom, and these people retain many ancient traditions.

Before the start of the Lion Dance Festival on Samar Island, the Lion Dance Festival will be gathered at the Guan Kung Temple, and then the local hall boss will preside over the eye-dotting ceremony at the entrance of the temple, and the cinnabar will be painted 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 hole, going up the mountain, patrolling the mountain to meet the lion, picking green, and entering the hole.

Among them, "picking green" is the most common, according to legend, "picking green" originally had the meaning of "anti-Qing Dynasty and restoration of Ming", and now it is generally taken from its meaning, with "vigorous" and a symbol of prosperous business.

Green is used with lettuce homonym (shengcai). Hang the lettuce and the lishi (red envelope), the lion dances several times in front of the green, shows hesitation, and then jumps up, eats the green vegetables in one bite (called picking green), and then bites the lettuce (called broken green), but also imitates the lion's full expression, (called drunk green) and then spits out the bitten green to greet everyone (said to be rich everywhere).

There are many taboos in the lion dance, and these taboos are especially valued in this place of Nanyang, if you accidentally break the taboo, you will be scolded at the least, and you will get into trouble at the worst.

Lin Fan and his men arrived on Samar Island a little later, the lion dance festival began in the morning, and by noon it was almost over, and now the streets were full of people marching and celebrating, many of them wearing classical costumes.

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