Before liberation, every year when the fifth day of the first lunar month came, people in Dayi County would dress up as monks to entertain the blue lions and go to Zhishan's house to exorcise demons and ward off evil spirits. It indicates that misfortune will turn into good fortune, good weather, peace in all seasons, and a good harvest. The Dayi lion lanterns have been circulated since the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and it has been more than 190 years since then. They are distributed in the hilly and dam-area rural areas of the county, and are more popular in the dam area. Among them, the Yinping Qing family lion lanterns are the first, and the Suchang Xiong family lion lanterns are the second. Under the influence of these two lions, every Lantern Festival, lion lanterns can be said to be a widespread mass entertainment activity in 34 townships and more than 20 towns in the county. The Qing family lion has been passed down from generation to generation for six generations. The lion dance is better than the "upper five counties" such as Qionglai, Chongqing, Xinjin, and Pujiang. After liberation, it was only interrupted on the day when the - was rampant. After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee, the Qing family lions were played again. The Qing family lions come to the city every year to perform lion lanterns. When the people see the lanterns, they flock to watch and love them. The lion lanterns are played by four people. Under the colorful skin of the lion body, one person dances the lion head, one person dances the lion tail, one person wears yellow clothes, wears a cardboard big-headed monk on his head, and holds a mosquito broom to pretend to be a monk. One person wears a fur shirt inside out, wears a cardboard monkey mask, and plays the role of Sun Wukong. Props: a wooden stick, a long bamboo pole, five long benches, five square tables (up to seven or twelve), a square table, two drying mats, a basket, a square table, four long benches, a bundle of wheat straw, a needle, a basin, a bowl, a live fish, a long bench, a rope, a drying mat, a bamboo fan, three to five feet of red silk, a happy seal, a bamboo ring that can accommodate one person, oil paper tied around the bamboo ring, a box of matches, a bamboo ring that can accommodate one person One, a five-inch sharp knife is inserted around the circle, with the tip of the knife facing the center of the circle, a straw mound, two big red candles, a stone mill, a bamboo basket, a shoulder pole, a rope, a square table, a drying mat, three feet of red silk, a hanging firecracker, a bamboo pole, a hemp rope, a long street, a bamboo pot cover, three stacks of paper money, a blowpipe, a rope, a box of matches, a square table, a chair, a branch, seven paper cutouts, two wooden ladders, and a wine glass filled with rice. Number of people performing lion lanterns: Generally, sixteen people are needed; if five or six people change hands, more than twenty people are needed. That is: one lantern head (responsible for contact), two lion dancers (one lion head and one lion tail), one monk and one monkey, four folk percussion accompaniment (one person each hitting the gong, bowl, drum, and horse gong), two people holding horse lanterns (for lighting on the way), and four people holding big red gauze lanterns (when playing with lanterns, put them in the four corners to indicate the performance range). Dayi lion lanterns are usually lit on the fifth day of the first lunar month and closed on the fifteenth day. (The reason for lighting the lanterns on the fifth day of the first lunar month is that it is customary to start the new year on the fifth day of the first lunar month and to finish the Spring Festival on the fifteenth day. If the lanterns are played after the fifteenth day, it is called Zhaopi Lantern.) During this period of dancing, every household has the habit of welcoming lion lanterns and dancing. To this day, there are still beautiful sayings circulating among the people: "This year my family is playing lion lanterns, and people and animals will be prosperous and everything will be well", "Please come to my house to play lion lanterns to ward off evil spirits, drive away demons and Yaksha". It can be seen that people have regarded lions as the embodiment of auspiciousness. In addition, the lion dance style is generous and simple, humorous and lively, with a distinct rhythm, solid lines and delicate movements. It shows a strong vitality in folk dances and is a shining pearl in folk dances, so it has been passed down from generation to generation. Information source: Chengdu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center Information source: Chengdu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center