Lantern dance (Changshu rolling lantern, Chuncheng lantern dance, lantern dance) extends the Changshu Zhitang rolling lantern, which is popular at the junction of Changshu, Kunming and Taiyuan, especially in Yaozhen and Zhitang. It is said that the Zhitang rolling lantern was created by Qi Jiguang, a hero who fought against Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Qi Jiguang was stationed in the southeast coast. The Qi family army not only organized the local militia to train soldiers in the Zhitang area, but also taught them the unique training skill of rolling lantern. Since then, rolling lanterns have been popular at the junction of Changshu, Kunming and Taiyuan. During the slack season of January and February every year, there are often temple fairs, lantern festivals, night parties and other activities among the people, and the audience is so crowded that the passage is often blocked. The organizers asked the "rolling lantern" to open the way, which is both artistic and can solve the practical problem of blocked traffic. The Zhitang Rolling Lantern is very entertaining. The main movements include white crane laying eggs (put a huge rolling lantern on the ground, and four to six boxers stand in a team. They bend over and support themselves on the rolling lantern with their hands, and jump over it one by one, like a white crane laying eggs), head-panning (using all the strength of the whole body and cleverness to dance the rolling lantern weighing more than 100 kilograms around the head in a circle with one hand), waist-wrapping five flowers (dancing the rolling lantern around the waist with the left and right hands alternately), plum blossom pile (several boxers stand in a regular formation, turn sideways, support the ground with one hand and both feet slanted on the ground; with the other hand, dance the rolling lantern in a circle and throw it to the nearby boxer. The nearby boxer catches it with one hand, and also dances the rolling lantern in a circle and throws it to the nearby boxer. This cycle repeats until the rolling lantern is flying in the air, while the boxers are motionless like plum blossom piles), carp wrapping water plants, spider releasing silk, etc. In 2009, the Zhitang Town Cultural Station successfully restored the Zhitang Rolling Lantern Dance, which has strong local characteristics and artistic charm, through research and visits, and put it on stage, which was welcomed and praised. The rolling lantern performance maintains the original simple style, pays attention to technology, has few traces of stage performance, and retains the original ecological performance method to a large extent. It reflects the life interest of the people at that time, records the folk customs of Wudi, and has high historical and cultural value. After hundreds of years of practice and processing, the movements and shapes of the rolling lantern have been continuously enriched and more sophisticated. It is a unity of strength and skill, a unity of strength and flexibility, and has both acrobatics and dance elements. It requires considerable skills, beautiful movements, rich shapes, and strong artistic aesthetic value when performing.