What is Shehuo

社火是什么

Shehuo is now one of the traditional show for rural people of northern-west of China to celebrate Chinese New Year (Spring Festival). The show consists of Gao Qiao (walking on stilts)，Pao Han Chuan (boat rowing on the ground)，dragon and lion dancing etc. The string players make up as local opera figures and move forward in the main street and hundreds of people gather together to watch the performance. The celebration will culminate on fifth of the lunar year (Festival of Lanterns).

社火是現(xiàn)在的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)目，是中國西北方農(nóng)村的人們?yōu)閼c祝中國農(nóng)歷新年（春節(jié)）舉行的活動之一。該節(jié)目由高蹺（踩高蹺），報旱船（地上劃船），舞龍舞獅等組成。弦樂演奏家是當(dāng)?shù)氐膽蚯宋锖拖蛑饕值雷呷?，?shù)百人聚集在一起觀看了演出。慶?；顒訒谵r(nóng)歷元月十五（元宵節(jié)）結(jié)束。