A large festival will be held in Hunan Province next month with the culture of dragon, regarded as the origin of Chinese ancestors, being the theme of the festival.

The festival will be held in Yanling County, where the tomb of Chinese ancestor, Yan emperor was located. Teams from various provinces will perform over a hundred types of dragon dances in the festival. It includes dragon dance on the table that is unique in the county, dragon dance by female performers and large dancing team consisting of 10,000 university students. The dance of“nine dragons flying to sky”is considered the best show on the opening ceremony.

Dragon teams from Hong Kong and Malaysia will also perform in the festival.

Under the theme of dragon, a totem that represents the origins of the Chinese people, the dragon festival is expected to unite Chinese people living at home and abroad.

Hong Kong Phoenix TV, the EMG media group from Taiwan and Hunan TV will cover the live event of the festival.

(Chinanews.cn August 29, 2005)