Playing Lion Drum in Huang Feihong, Foshan

(1) Drumming: Drumming about three times at the beginning of worship or salute.

Playing Style: (Knock knock knock knock knock cut), (Knock knock knock cut) (every three times)

(2) Playing the lion drum: start dancing after offering sacrifices to the gods or performing ceremonies.

Playing: Beat the drum behind the edge of the drum (win): (Knock, hold, hold, hold, cut)

(3) Lion Drum: (Samsung Drum) Its action is to look around and look for food.

Play: (Knock-cut), (Knock-cut) (Knock-cut) cycle for two or three times.

(4) Lion-throwing drum: prepare for action to eat green, or test action.

Play: (Dong, Dong, Dong, Dong), (Dong, Dong, Dong, Dong).

(5) Seven-Star Drum: Bite the Seven-Star Drum to test whether it can be eaten.

How to play: (knock, knock), (knock, knock), (knock, knock, knock, knock, cut).

Lion dance is an excellent folk art in China. Whenever festivals or gatherings are held to celebrate, people always entertain themselves by dancing lions. Lion dance is divided into north and south, and the lion dance in Guangdong is the most famous in the south. Lions are made of colored strips of cloth. Every lion has two people performing together, one dancing in the head and the other dancing in the tail. Under the sound of gongs and drums, the performers dressed up as lions and made various movements of lions.

Lion dancers should show southern martial arts with various moves when performing, which is very masculine. Lion dance has a long history, and the "elephant man" recorded in the History of Rites and Music in Han Dynasty is the predecessor of lion dance. There are many vivid descriptions of lion dancing in Tang and Song poetry. The existing lion dances are divided into two categories: Southern Lion and Northern Lion.