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The Dance of the also named Dragon to "Run with Trifles it Dragon in hands" or "Dance with Trifles it Dragon in hands" is one of the specific folk activities of China.

Her trifle-dragon is manufactured traditionally with fine gills of bamboo, silk and lanterns. The head, the body and the tail of the dragon are achieved with the gills of bamboo, then the fine and transparent silk is glued to the gills, and feel them finally, the scales and the paws are painted on silk.

The lanterns-dragons have different lengths. Normally, the shortest are in three parts and longest have more of ten of them, but essentially of the odd numbers. A handful is installed under every left of it trifle-dragon, so that the dancers can hold it. At the end, one lights some lamps in every part and her trifle-dragon is finished.

When one dances with the lantern dragon in hands, a person holds an object alike to a pearl while running facing the dragon, and the whole dragon must follow it;  It asks for strength, cleverness and staying, that is for it that she is often presented by churchgoers of martial arts. Among all performers, the carrier of the bullet, the one of the head and the carrier of the tail are the most important. The carrier of the bullet is equivalent to a commander and must take care of the movements of the whole trifle-dragon. The carrier of the head is the soul of the lantern, and his movements are going to influence the coordination of the whole dragon. The carrier of the tail must often execute some movements as rolls, of the hoppings etc., but cannot see the movements of the other as must take a rest him on a regular practice and to act according to some models.

At the time of the dance, the dragon is accompanied by traditional musics played with drums, cymbals and a gong.

The dance of the dragon existed during the period of the Ming dynasties and Qing. She is executed usually some traditional days as the Feast of the Spring (New Year Chinese) and the one of the Mid-Fall accompanied by other activities as the firecrackers, the dances of which the one of the lion, the mimes and other games of balance.

On this day, the dance of the dragon is again an activity very practiced and the lanterns dragons came out of the country to dance all over the world.