Spatial distribution and driving factors of Chinese dragon and lion dance athletes based on GIS

Abstract

As the common wealth of all mankind, intangible cultural heritage carries the memory of history. The implementation of dragon and lion dance technical grade evaluation can be called pioneering work for the legacy inheritance. The purpose of this study is to analyze the distribution characteristics, trends, types, and driving factors of dragon and lion dance athletes. Athletes who were awarded a grade certificate by Chinese Dragon and Lion Dance Sports Association from 2018 to 2021 were taken as the analysis objects. In ArcGIS10.8, trend surface analysis and standard deviational ellipse are used to study the spatial distribution characteristics. Using the global and local Moran's I in GeoDa, this paper explores the concentration degree and types of dragon and lion dance athletes. The factors driving the distribution difference are analyzed with the help of geographical detectors. Continuous data such as total GDP, sports field areas, permanent populations, and altitude are taken as the software input after preprocessing. The results show that there are significant differences in the distribution of provinces and four geographical regions. For dragon dance athletes, there is a linear growth trend in the west-east direction and an inverted U-shape trend in the south-north direction. For lion dance athletes, there is a trend of log function in the west-east direction and an inverted U shape in the south-north direction. The global Moran's I is 0.2386, and there are obvious characteristics of H–H, L-L, and L-H aggregation types. Nomination of sports intangible cultural heritage, total GDP, permanent resident population, urbanization development level, the number of colleges and universities, and the proportion of tertiary industry are the leading factors, and the explanatory power of interactive factors is significantly enhanced. Therefore, it is suggested to strengthen the cultural heritage protection of dragon and lion dance, increase capital investment, enhance public participation, and raise government attention.