What is the origin and legend of the lion dance?

The origin of the lion dance: the lion dance as a performing art, shaped in the Northern Wei Dynasty 1500 years ago, when the northern Xiongnu infested the chaos. They made a number of carved wooden stones and sewed them into a lion body, and sent good dancers to the Wei Dynasty to pay tribute, intending to assassinate the Emperor of Wei during the lion dance, but they were recognized by their loyal ministers and retreated.

Later, because the Emperor of Wei loved the lion dance, he ordered it to be copied, and it was handed down to future generations. Yang Xianzhi's "Luoyang Galaxy Records" describes that when the statue of Buddha traveled at the Changqiu Temple in Luoyang at that time, there were "lions that warded off evil spirits and guided them forward".

Legend of the lion dance: Legend has it that in ancient times, the lion dance originated from the "exorcism". In ancient times, the ancients invented the "Nuo". "Nuo" gradually evolved into the modern lion dance. Nuo lion dance in addition to perform in the village, more into the people's homes, in the drive away the ghosts of the epidemic at the same time, but also increased the delivery of blessings, pray for blessings task.

Lion Dance Introduction:

Lion Dance is China's outstanding folk art, every Lantern Festival or gathering celebrations, the folk are lion dance to come to cheer. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and became popular during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, with a history of more than a thousand years.

"Lion Dance" began in the Wei and Jin dynasties, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, also known as the "Lion Dance", "Peaceful Music", usually completed by three people, two people dressed as a lion, a person as the head of the lion, a person as the body and the back of the lion, a person as the lion's feet, a person as the lion's head, a person as the lion's body and the back of the lion. One person as a lion body and back feet, the other person when the lion guide, dance method and there are cultural and military points, cultural dance lion tame, have shaking hair, rolling and other actions, martial arts lion lion lion ferocious performance, there are leaping, stomping, rolling colorful ball and other actions.