Dragon Dance Extension (Zhixi Giant Dragon), a traditional dance project in the third batch of national representative list of intangible cultural heritage. Zhixi Jucun Dragon Dance originated in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 600 years. According to legend, when Liu Ji (Liu Bowen), a founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, taught in Jucun, he devoted himself to studying astronomy and geography. In order to assist Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty in breaking the Feng Shui, he instructed the people to dig a river and build a bridge in front of the village. In order to seek a peaceful and prosperous era, he instructed the people of Jucun to start a "Dragon Club" to entertain the gods and people with dragon dances to ensure peace and prosperity in the area, and the weather has been passed down from generation to generation. In the early Ming Dynasty, Jucun Dragon Dance was once promoted to the capital and entered the palace. After watching the performance, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, was very pleased and gave the imperial pen "Julong Juye". Because it originated in Jucun and the dragon body is large and long, it is also called Julong. Jucun Dragon Dance was originally made of straw, about 15 to 30 meters long, and danced by 7, 8 or nearly 20 people. Over the following hundreds of years, the production process has continued to develop. In the late Qing Dynasty, it was gradually changed to bamboo strips, and the skeleton was wrapped with dragon scale-shaped cloth and lamps as the production materials. The dragon body has also gradually grown. The dragon dance now has each section of 2 meters, and the longest dragon body has 100 sections, with a total length of more than 200 meters, requiring more than 100 people to perform together. The main artistic characteristics of Jucun Dragon Dance are lively and round dances, true expressions, many routines, and fast speed. The entire Jucun Dragon Dance performance consists of 18 procedures such as "Dragon Swimming", "Stringing Eight Diagrams Formation", "Turning Small Flowers", "Turning Big Flowers", "Dancing Three Steps", "Kneeling Dance", "Sitting Dance", "Crossing the Fairy Bridge", "Arhat Coiling Dragon" and "Long Dragon Turning Over". Through basic routines such as jumping, drilling, swimming, stacking, playing, and coiling, and transitional movements such as stringing formations and flipping flowers, the majestic figure and style of the dragon Tengyuan are expressed. Source: Changzhou Municipal People's Government Office (No pictures available, welcome to provide.) Source: Changzhou Municipal People's Government Office (No pictures available, welcome to provide.)