–by Zhenzhou Hu
“Da Luo Han” is my hometown festival that celebrates our ancester Zhe Hu who was an incorruptible and intelligent Northern Song Dynasty official. During this holiday, people will not only wear traditional costumes to dance and perform Kung fu, but they will also talk about folk literature and art. In this way, people can promote friendship with each other.
In ancient China, people hold flags similar to totems that serve as emblems of a village.
People of my town carry a sculpture of the ancient Northern Song Dynasty official Zhe Hu. 80% of the people in my town are named “Hu.”
Different tribes of my big village dance the ceremonial dances of their tribes. Many carry and move to a waist drum. Many of these dances are called “Waist Drum Dance.”
My little brother, Lai Hu, this year participated in the festival. He dressed in the costume of Zilong Zhao, a military general who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period. The costume is stylized after that found in the Beijing Opera.
Unlike my brother, I never performed. I was too shy—-Zhenzhou Hu.