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History of Lion Dance The
Lion Dance is a Chinese
tradition with more than 3000 years
of history. There's few tales of the
fabrication of Lion Dance.
One of the common tales is about a
beast was attacking a small village
in China. In order to keep the beast
out of the village, villagers have
successfully thought out an idea
which was fabricating a costume that
similar as the beast for dancing and
playing with the accompany of loud
instruments like drum, cymbals and
also fireworks. Finally, the tactic
successfully scare the beast away
and it was never return to the
village again. Since then, Lion
Dance is inherited as a
performance to scare away evils
spirits as to bring good fortune,
happiness and felicity.
About the
Lion Dance
Chinese Lion Dancing has two traditions, the Northern style and the
older Southern style.
Besides of the 2 performers who
control the head and tail of the
lion, a drummer, 2
cymbals players, and a "Gong" player |