The incense burning dragons are made from bamboos and rice straws. The "mother dragon" is seven sections in length, while the "child dragon" five sections long, both inserted with Buddhist Arhat incenses made locally (around 0.53 meters long). When the night falls, relying on the three sounds of earth artillery as the signal, people play musical instruments, and ignite fireworks and firecrackers. Later with torches, they ignite all the incenses on the dragons and carry them for a parade. Truly a magnificent scene!

 

The performances of the incense burning dragons include tossing, water spraying, sinking to the bottom, leaping, devouring, sleeping, etc. The technical skills required for performing sinking to the bottom and devouring are difficult. The two lions, which lead or follow the dragons respectively, make some other actions besides the tossing and leaping.

 

The folk dance of incense burning dragons is usually held when the plague of insects prevails. The ignited incenses inserted on the dragons always attract insects to fly toward them. The dragon-carriers then cross streets and lanes till they arrive at the field where water is available and stop there, then dive the dragons into the water and drown the insects. In the sense of eliminating pests, this dragon dance is more practical than other forms of dragon dance.