"Qinnan Blue Lion Dance" Qinnan Blue Lion Dance, a traditional dance project in the fourth batch of representative projects of municipal intangible cultural heritage. The Blue Lion Dance is named after the blue color of its lion hair. The Blue Lion has an exaggerated head and a long and flat body, which belongs to the Lingnan lion dance style. The Blue Lion Dance comes from the folks, and the dance postures are full of local flavor. The movements can be performed on the ground, tables, chairs, and stools. There are more than 20 performance routines such as running in a circle, bench handstand, sparrow jump, crow wings, golden chicken pecking rice, jumping on the table, lifting, holding the moon, snoring, 0 hair, jumping and jumping. Dragon and lion dances can be traced back to ancient times. In the ancient totems, in addition to the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, there are dragons, phoenixes, tigers, unicorns, lions, dogs, snakes and leopards. Before the Tang Dynasty, stone lions were set on both sides of the entrance halls of the court and the government office. One is to protect the house, and the other is to be majestic and majestic. Dragon and lion dances have long been popular in my country. In the northern Jiangsu area, there was a folk custom of dragon and lion dances during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. First, it is to pray for God to bless good weather and good harvest, and for the safety of people and animals. Second, the dragon and lion symbolize auspiciousness. People look forward to a better future and believe that the dragon and lion can exorcise demons and eliminate disasters, and bless the world. Third, dragon and lion dances are performed during festivals and ceremonies to add to the festive atmosphere. In the Lixiahe area of northern Jiangsu, dragon and lion dances have been passed down from generation to generation and are spread throughout cities and towns. According to legend, in the late Qing Dynasty, villagers from Guanchen Village, Qinnan Town, went to Henan to do grain shipping business, and then followed a group of lion dancers to learn from them and brought the blue lion dance skills to Xixiang, Yancheng. In 1952, Chen Rui and Si Gang, the inheritors of the blue lion dance, organized a group of people to dance lions. In 1959, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a special performance was invited to the Yancheng Regional Administrative Commissioner's Office, and the masses applauded. In the 1950s and 1960s, the blue lion dance was active in Yanfu and was highly praised by leaders and the masses. It has won many awards. In 1997, the blue lion dance won the first prize in the performance of the city's dance competition held in Louwang Town. In the past two years, the Green Lion Dance has developed greatly. The town government has carefully organized training for inheritors, improved and innovated props, and strengthened training. The lion dance programs have become more mature and have participated in various performance activities at the city, district, and town levels many times and won awards.