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大坑火龍

一連三天，近300人舞動著長達67公尺、插上逾萬枝線香的火龍飛舞，煞是壯觀！意想不到的是，
這項有逾百年歷史的舞火龍習俗，就在銅鑼灣繁華的購物區附近展開！
一片鑼鼓聲中，火龍穿梭大坑一帶的大街小巷，頓時煙香繚繞、火光閃爍，充滿生氣！

這道香港獨有的美麗風景，源於19世紀居民為求消除瘟疫而起，如今更成為國家級非物質文化遺產。

When the people of Tai Hang village miraculously stopped a plague with a fire dragon dance in the 19th century,
they inadvertently launched a tradition that has since become part of China's official intangible cultural heritage.

Tai Hang may no longer be a village, but its locals still recreate the fiery ancient ritual today with a whopping 300 performers,
72,000 incense sticks and a 67-metre dragon. The head of this beast alone weighs 48kg,
so it’s not a creature to be taken lightly! The commemorative performance wends its way in fire,
smoke and festive fury through the backstreets of Tai Hang over three moon-fuelled days.

http://www.taihangfiredragon.hk/home.html