Liyang Bamboo Horse Lantern, a traditional dance item in the first batch of representative items of Changzhou's municipal intangible cultural heritage. Jiangtang Horse Lantern, also known as Bamboo Horse Lantern Festival or Riverside Horse Lantern, is a traditional dance evolved from folk rituals of worshiping and entertaining gods. It was formed during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty when Yu Shun, the leader of the Jiangtang righteous army, worshipped the Liao heroes such as Yang Jiajiang and other national heroes. It has been circulated in Jiangtang Village, Shezhu Town, Liyang City for nearly 500 years. There are 10 divine horses in the Jiangtang Horse Lantern, all made of bamboo strips to imitate horse-drawn weapons, with both divine and vivid forms. There are corresponding roles such as divine generals, horse boys, guards, deacons, flag and drum gunners. The 10 gods are dressed in battle robes and wooden Nuo masks. The first horse is "Yang Wenguang", the second horse is "Female General Bajiao", the third horse is "Long Live the Russian Emperor", the fourth horse is "General Jiaotong", the fifth horse is "Master Guanyin", the sixth horse is "First-class Lady Yu", the seventh horse is "Huang Daoist Priest", the eighth horse is "General Weihua", the ninth horse is "General Heikui", and the tenth horse is "Zhang Bo, the Great Emperor of Cishan". The performance is divided into two parts, and the scene is spectacular. The first half shows that the Yang family led the people to fight against the Liao. The first round is "surrounding the enemy army". The command flag commands 10 divine horses to step on the drum beats and circle the field in turn, first small and then big, and the pace is slow and then fast. Accelerate running and jumping, symbolizing the siege of a city; the second round is "killing the four gates with force". There are four battle flags in the city, symbolizing the four gates of the east, west, south and north. Three divine horses run in circles in turn, and the golden drums sound, the horse bells jingle, and the firecrackers are deafening, showing a majestic and vigorous battlefield momentum, symbolizing the attack on three gates and leaving one gate; the third round is "breaking the enemy city", and the four divine horses run in circles in turn, symbolizing that the city has been conquered; the fourth round is "annihilating the enemy army", 10 war gods holding swords, spears, swords and halberds, stabbing hard in the middle of the divine horses, people shouting and horses neighing, swords and swords flashing, and the sound of killing is deafening, symbolizing the pursuit and killing of the remaining enemies after the siege. Then the first horse Yang Wenguang and the second horse Bajiao circle around the field, symbolizing looking out the battlefield and observing the enemy situation. The siege was successful, and the silk flags fluttered in the wind, sometimes held high and sometimes danced. The gongs and drums sometimes beat out the "horse-riding gong" and sometimes beat out the "urgent wind". The army recruiting instrument sometimes blew a high-pitched whistle and sometimes blew a hearty laughter. The second half mainly showed the scene of the army and the people celebrating the victory and wishing the people a happy life. The formations of "a bumper harvest" were arranged one by one with formations and props. The 10 divine horses were in high spirits, and the 10 generals were excited and excited, and they arranged the formations of "peace in the world" one by one. The whole performance was mainly about jumping the big field, and at the same time, divination was done in the form of divine horses, praying for good weather and peace for all beings. In recent years, the restored Jiangtang Lantern has been passed down from generation to generation, becoming more and more active, and frequently appearing in large-scale cultural and tourism activities such as the Folk Customs Tourism Festival and the Tea Festival. Its wonderful performances have been widely praised and have become a major folk cultural landscape in the border area of Jiangsu and Anhui.