The City of Solon held a Lunar New Year Celebration at the Solon Community Center on Saturday January 31, 2026. The Yin Tang Blue River Dragon Dance group performed.

Yin Tang Blue River Dragon Dance Team

Yin Tang formerly ran a Chinese dance company and gathered a group to come together to perform the dragon dance.

Yin Tang

The dragon dance is a vibrant traditional Chinese performance art in which a team of dancers manipulates a long, flexible dragon puppet—typically constructed from silk, bamboo, and colorful fabrics—to simulate the mythical creature's sinuous movements, often accompanied by rhythmic drumming and gongs. Performed primarily during major festivals like Chinese New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival, it symbolizes power, good fortune, and prosperity while serving to ward off evil spirits and invoke blessings for the community.

Tracing its origins to the Han Dynasty (206 BC –220 AD), the dragon dance began as a ceremonial ritual for ancestor worship and prayers for rain to ensure bountiful harvests in agrarian society. As an expression of collective harmony and skill, the dance requires precise coordination among the performers, with the head dancer leading elaborate patterns that mimic the dragon's flight and dives.

In Chinese mythology, the dragon embodies imperial authority, control over water and weather, and auspicious qualities like wisdom and strength, making the dance a profound cultural emblem that reinforces communal identity and seasonal renewal.

Yin Tang Blue River Dragon Dance Team

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Whether you say Gong hei faat choy (Cantonese) or xin nian kuai le (Mandarin) or something else, we wish you a Happy Lunar New Year.

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Yin Tang Blue River Dragon Dance
Lunar New Year Celebration
Solon Community Center
January 31, 2026

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