Introduction to the incense burner: The incense burner is a folk self-entertainment activity at the temple fair on the 28th day of the third lunar month every year, and is later incorporated into the Lantern Festival as a form of lighting. The person carrying the incense burner uses an "incense burner handle" made of high-quality wood. Its shape is: a dragon head is carved at the head of the handle, with a lotus cylindrical handle and a copper plywood on the top, a hook on the lower edge, and a crescent fork at the end of the handle. The whole body is painted, very beautiful. When carrying the incense burner, put the handle of the incense burner on your hips, hold the cylindrical handle in your hand, clamp the skin of the forearm with a copper splint, and finally hang up a different number of incense burners depending on the body and arm strength of the participant. There are paper-made incense burners, and there are also special copper incense burners, which are composed of various colors. You can light the candles and carry them while walking at night, and they will flicker and swim, which is instantly beautiful. Those who join the incense burner team must choose handsome young men with both parents and good facial features. A team usually consists of 24 or 36 people. In the old days, teams were usually formed as a unit through a village or a bao. The fees for the activity are collected from the village households and are mainly used for making incense burners and clothing. Some are also sponsored for blessings and prayers. The costumes of the incense burner players include a white silk double-breasted grape-button blouse on the upper body, a mandarin jacket, and bloomers on the lower body. The performance should be carried out to the rhythm of gongs and drums. They dance while walking. The formations are varied. They first walk on the small stage, then complete the circle ( Taking the meaning of "people are prosperous and wealth is prosperous, and the group is reunited"), etc., the entire formation is constantly changing. The music rhythm of the incense burner is relatively simple, mainly lively, lively and jumping, and mostly adopts the rhythm of horse lanterns, that is, "dangdang, qiedang, cang...". Every time a village is visited, a double stage is set up in the middle of the performance venue. Every household brings fruits, cakes, etc. and puts them on the stage for the incense burner players to eat.

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