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Making the dragon body
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Making the dragon body.
Making the dragon head
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Making the dragon head.
Measuring the angle of the ...
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Measuring the angle of the dragon head.
Making the dragon tail
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Making the dragon tail.
Making the dragon ball
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The dragon ball is mainly made of grapefruit, wire and trunk of bamboo. The ball is ready once the joss sticks are inserted.
The dragon head is done
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The dragon head is done.
Lin Fa Kung
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Lin Fa Kung.
The Commander in Chief of t...
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The Commander in Chief of the fire dragon dance worships and prays to the deity before the dance commences.
The dancers insert joss sti...
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The dancers insert joss sticks onto the dragon.
Rituals in the Lin Fa Kung ...
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On the 14th night of the eighth lunar month, the officiating guests perform rituals in the Lin Fa Kung to bring the dragon alive for the dance.
The fire dragon in dance
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The fire dragon in dance.
More than twenty boys and g...
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More than twenty boys and girls guide the dragon dance with lanterns modelled after the mythical lotus, cloud and star lanterns of the heaven.
The ritual of “Dragon Retu...
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Upon completion of the dance on the 16th night of the eighth lunar month, the fire dragon will be thrown into the water of the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter. This ritual is known as “Dragon Returning to Heaven”.
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