The Traditional Cultural Origin of Tiger Dance

Some people say that there were Asian lions in ancient times. In fact, on the edge of ancient China, there were Asian lions in Central Asia. But for China people, it is not enough to jump lions and leave them at home. This must be the result of close contact with lions in history. When we see the ancient animals in culture, almost all animals will mention the tiger element, not the lion element.

The props in Shan Hai Jing are shaped like sheep's face, eyes under armpits and tiger's teeth. The Book of Miracles: Wu Tao is like a tiger. It is two feet long. The face is Tiger Claw. Pigs' teeth are eight feet long. You can fight forever. "Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Beijing" records that it is as strange as a tiger, with wings, and it began to eat people and send food to the north of the dog. You will pull yourself together one day. That is to say, in our early cultural elements, the relationship between wild animals and tigers is closer than that of lions.

The zodiac is also a tiger, not a lion. In fact, it is the origin of erhu's name. Summer in Afghanistan (Erhu Khan) is also related to this. Summer in Afghanistan is the body of two villains mentioned in Shan Hai Jing. So why don't Han people jump from lion to tiger? It's very simple, because the Qiang people have been to the Middle East and ancient Egypt, and this culture has been formed and passed down since they came back.

Not only the Han nationality, but also the Yi nationality. Yi people not only have a strong tiger culture, but also can dance lions. Because the Yi nationality is the result of repeated attacks by many nationalities, the most important of which is the Qiang nationality, which not only dances lions, but also has three strings like the Han nationality.

Our lion house is generally in the shape of a lion's foot on a ball, which is exactly the same in a place in ancient Egypt. There are many evidences that Qiang people returned to the Middle East and ancient Egypt. They have said countless times in other answers that Moses represents the lion system in Jewish culture. Among the Qiang and Yi people, there is Midian where Moses shepherds sheep.