What's the legend about lion dance?

Lion dance is an excellent traditional folk art in China. Whenever festivals or grand celebrations are held, people always entertain themselves with lion dancing.

According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Gaozu Zhang, the Yueshi of the Western Regions presented a golden lion to the court of the Han Dynasty, and the emissary threatened to continue to pay tribute to the court if someone could tame the lion, otherwise diplomatic relations would be severed. After the Moon Messenger left, Emperor Zhang Han chose three people to train the lion, but none of them succeeded. Later, the Golden Lion stormed and was killed by Imperial Secretary.

In order to escape the punishment of Emperor Zhang, the imperial secretary tore off the lion's skin, was dressed as a golden lion by the imperial secretary, and danced alone. This move not only fooled the emissary of Yue people, but even the Emperor Zhang Han believed it. After this incident, it came from the Han Palace that the people believed that lion dancing was a symbol of national glory and good fortune. So he imitated the lion and performed a lion dance. Since then, lion dancing has been very popular.