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

Lion dance is a traditional festival, and lions can bring good luck. Therefore, it has become a traditional custom and folk art to set off firecrackers and dance lions during festive festivals and Spring Festival. Many people don't know why they dance during the Spring Festival. Here is a brief introduction to why the lion dance is held in the Spring Festival.

Why do you want to dance lions during the Spring Festival? It is said that lions appeared in the mountains before and ate many villagers. Later, the villagers finally killed the lion. To celebrate, villagers will imitate lions and dance lion dances. It is also said that villagers used paper lions and gongs and drums to drive away Nian animals, and now it has gradually evolved into a lion dance.

Training method of lion dance If you want to make the lion dance look better, you must do a good job in basic training. The method of holding a lion is very important. You can use one hand, usually with one hand in the middle and the other hand in the corner. Stand with your legs together and lean forward slightly. Standing posture is that the lion's head is located in the trunk, and it can swing from side to side, stand in place and then present. Lion dance needs to pay attention to three bends, including elbow bending, knee bending and bending, and the body needs to lean forward slightly. The coordination between the beginning and the end of the lion dance is very important, and the position must be coordinated. Usually, the movements and walks of the four lion heads are the same, and lion dancing needs to be trained on the steps. You can start from the basic standing posture, then start from the left side, push the ground hard, then jump up and land on the center line. The center of gravity will be on the right leg, and then it will become a left imaginary step. The right imaginary step is the same as the left imaginary step, but the direction is different, and then the next step is carried out. It will also start from the basic standing posture, and the upper body will remain motionless. The left and right feet need to alternately move forward about the distance of the soles of the feet, and then the feet are opened left and right, and the width is slightly wider than the shoulders. The legs will bend, and the legs will become horizontal. The upper body will remain upright, and then chest out.

The footwork of lion dance also includes Kirin step. Starting from the basic stance, the center of gravity needs to be placed on the left foot, and the right leg moves to the left through the left leg. Then the left and right feet cross, and the two legs bend, and the center of gravity is placed on the two legs. Then the left leg bends about 90 degrees, the right thigh bends less than 90 degrees, the right knee joint and the right toe touch the ground, and the upper body leans forward slightly, and the center of gravity is placed on the right foot.

The difference between the southern lion and the northern lion is that the northern lion dance is generally dominated by martial lions. The little lion jumps alone, and the big lion jumps together. One man stood and danced with the lion's head, and the other man bent down and danced with the lion's tail. Lion dancers need to wear the lion quilt, the teacher's body and the same lion dance costume. Others can't see the body of the lion dancer, which is very similar to the real lion, while the southern lion dance is generally dominated by literary lions. There are actions such as licking, shaking and scratching, which are very realistic and are liked by many people. Of course, there are also some difficult skills, such as throwing the ball. In the southern lion dance, although two people dance together, the lion dancers all wear knickerbockers and are danced only in colorful lions. Different from the northern lion dance, the lion wolf wears a big head Buddha mask, a robe and a colorful waist. The lion dance performance in the north is closer to juggling, and the music is mainly golden gongs. There are many shapes of the southern lion dance, which can have different abstract expressions through different horse stance and lion head movements. Therefore, the southern lion dance pays more attention to spirit likeness. When dancing lions, drums and gongs are usually the main music, which should be done in line with the rhythm of music. Southern lion dances sometimes disguise themselves as big-headed buddhas. Both the north and south lion dances can be used in the opening ceremony. The performance of the northern lion dance is more touching, and the southern lion dance looks more lively.

The above introduction is why the Spring Festival needs lion dancing. After reading the above introduction, you should have a certain understanding. Lion dance is a traditional form of performance, which makes the atmosphere of the Spring Festival look more lively. Usually, there are lion dances in some festivals and celebrations. During the Spring Festival, lion dance can make the atmosphere of the Spring Festival better, so the traditional performance form of lion dance is still very important. Interested people can learn more about this knowledge.