Why do you want to dance lions during the Spring Festival?

Lion dance began in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. In China, there are various forms of lion dance, which can be roughly divided into two types: northern lion dance and southern lion dance. The northern lion dance looks like a real lion, and it is covered with a lion's cloak. Lion dancers (usually two people dance together to form a big lion) only show their feet and see no one. There are lionesses and lions in the north, as well as Wen lions, Wu lions, adult lions and young lions.

Southern lion is mainly popular in Guangdong. This kind of lion dance consists of one person dancing the lion head and one person dancing the lion tail. Lions are different from lions in the north in shape, style and color. Lion dancers wear all kinds of knickerbockers and Tang-style lantern sleeves or tightly buckled vests to show the whole body of the lion dancers. You must try your best to dance.

Why do people especially like lion dancing during the Spring Festival? According to legend, in the early Ming Dynasty, a monster appeared in Foshan, Guangdong. At the beginning of the new year, it came out to destroy crops and hurt people and animals, and the people complained bitterly. Later, it was suggested to scare the monster with lion dance, and it really worked. The monster escaped. Locals believe that lions have the power to exorcise evil spirits and have auspicious omen, so they beat gongs and drums every Spring Festival and go door to door to dance lions to celebrate the New Year, so as to eliminate disasters and predict good luck.