Why do you play the lion in the Spring Festival?

Lion dance is a traditional folk performing art in Asia. Performers dress up as lions to the music of gongs and drums and make various movements of lions. China folk tradition holds that lion dancing can exorcise evil spirits. Therefore, whenever people miss their relatives more, such as the New Zhang Celebration and the Spring Festival Tournament, people like beating gongs and drums and dancing lions. The lion is the statue of all animals, and its image is majestic and martial, giving people a sense of majesty and bravery. The ancients regarded it as a symbol of courage and strength, and thought it could ward off evil spirits and keep people and animals safe. Therefore, people have gradually formed the custom of dancing lions at major events such as the Spring Festival, hoping that life will be auspicious and everything will be safe.