Why do you want to dance lions during the Spring Festival? What's the point?

Lion dancing in the Spring Festival has no special significance, just for celebration and entertainment. Lion dance can be divided into north and south, and Guangdong's lion dance performance is most famous in the south. Lions are made of colored strips of cloth. Each lion has two people performing together, one jumping at the head and the other jumping at the tail.

Under the sound of gongs and drums, the performers dressed up as lions and made various movements of lions. Lion dancers should show southern martial arts with various moves when performing, which is very masculine.

Lion dance is divided into literature and martial arts according to the key points of performance. Shi Wen focuses on the lifestyle of lions. The "five styles" mainly show the movements of turning, rolling and falling. Lion dance, also known as "playing lion" and "lion lantern", is generally performed by two people wearing cloth lion skins, which has been enduring in Spring Festival performances all over the country.

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Origin of lion dance: According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Gaozu Zhang, Yue State in the western regions presented a golden lion to the Han Dynasty, and the messenger threatened that whoever could tame the lion would continue to pay tribute to the Han Dynasty, or break off diplomatic relations. After the messenger of the moon left, Emperor Zhang Han chose three people to train the lion, but none of them succeeded.

Later, the golden lion violently attacked and was killed by the imperial secretary. In order to avoid the punishment of Emperor Zhang, the imperial secretary tore off the lion's skin. The imperial secretary's two brothers dressed up as golden lions, and one teased him to start a dance. This not only fooled Ambassador Yue, but also believed Zhang Di. After this incident, it spread to the Han Palace, and the people thought that lion dancing was a symbol of national glory and good luck. So he imitated the lion and performed a lion dance. Since then, lion dancing has been very popular.

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