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Duration
4 to 8 hours
Starting Price
120 USD/Person

Tour Description

Tour Description

D1 Drive to Huangpi- the country side from Wuhan downtown(appro 1.5hr), because it's sstill in the spring festival holiday ,  the event  will be start in the afternoon in some villages, but most of the village will do it after dinner. Drive back to Wuhan in the evening.



ONLY last for 4 days every year.

"Zombie Lion" activity

It was a lively and bustling scene with loud fire crackers, fireworks

sparkling in the sky, and crowds of people watching the Lion show with

music from drums and gongs. The "Zombie Lion", a local custom that

originated from the Tang dynasty (618-917), is played nightly from 1-2

days before to 1-2 days after the lantern festival. It is a very

mysterious activity of sacrifice. The "roler" [I cannot find this word

in the dictionary. Maybe you can define it in the text.], the person

who takes on the role of the sacrificed, performs the ritual ceremony

at the altar table, where he smells the smoke of the incense and burns

the yellow sign paper. Then he enters a trance and goes into a crazy

state. Despite the chilly winter weather, the "rolers" are usually

naked from the waist up while they dance misty-eyed under the lion's

coat. The "rolers" will visit every family, and the family will set

fireworks and firecrackers to welcome them. Usually it's the header's

home [I am confused. The rolers visit only the header's home or visit

every family's home?]. The "header" is the person who arranges this

activity. The header is selected in turn each year from among the

possible headers of which there are currently 8. This village of 140

households is named Peng jia gang or Peng's family because everyone

here has the surname Peng. We interviewed a 59-year-old roler who

started when he was in his 20s. It is said that this role is not

arranged by the people but by the heavens. But how do people know who

will be a roler? A potential roler is one who is normally a strong

man, but who has trouble eating and sleeping during the New Year

holidays. After playing the lion he will be normal again. It is

claimed that there was a roler who recovered even though the hospital

told his family that his condition was incurable. Although these

stories are based on superstition, the tradition remains year after

year. However, this tradition is slowly disappearing because the

younger generation no longer believe the stories, so they are

unwilling to continue the traditions.

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