Poems about Lion Dance

1. What is the lion dance like

Symbolizing the meaning of good luck and good fortune

The earliest record of the lion dance can be found in the description of "Elephant Man" in the Book of Han Dynasty (汉书)-Rituals and Music (礼乐志), which was interpreted by Meng Kang, a person from the State of Wei in the Three Kingdoms, as an entertainer who played the role of fish, shrimp, and lions.

From this, we can see that there was a lion dance in the Three Kingdoms. The lion is a god, originally extremely lazy, sleep all year round, to the Spring Festival, it is necessary to dot the eyes to wake it up, this is the "Wake up the lion", wake up the lion to beat the gongs and drums and dance, wandering in the countryside, meaning to drive away all kinds of pests and evil demons, to protect the four sides of the peace and development.

There is also a saying that the lion picks the green, meaning "against the Qing Dynasty to restore the Ming Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty, there was a widespread practice of the "Prison of Writings", and many of the literati expressed their opposition to the Qing Dynasty in their writings, but most of them were arrested by the Qing Dynasty officials. The lion dance is a folk custom, in which a lion is inserted into the lion to eat lettuce, which is the color of green and represents the Qing Dynasty.

Nowadays, the Lion Dance is performed to celebrate the meaning of the event, i.e. to celebrate the birth of a new generation of people and to promote business.

2. Auspicious phrases for lion dance

One point for the left eye ---- - business is booming,

Two points for the right eye - prosperity,

Three points for the spirit of heaven - a bright future!

Eye-dotting symbolism: eye-dotting is to wake up the lions and bring them the ability to spread happiness and good luck, meaning prosperity and wealth, business is booming;

Eye-dotting is over, thank you to the leaders and guests; the next to enjoy the Weihai Lion Dance performance;

Caiqing ceremony, the lion dance Caiqing symbolizes the auspiciousness of the door, the way of life and wealth, step by step; "Qing" is a lion dance by the members of the team, the "Qing" is a lion dance. "is hung by the lion dance team members in advance at the gate or on the stage, composed of lettuce and red envelopes, lettuce is the harmonic of {shengcai}, the lion picks the "green", the "green" thrown to the "designated leaders or guests". Designated leaders or guests", to receive "green" also said to receive the fortune, the leaders and guests to receive the fortune to return gifts: return gifts is the pre-prepared red envelopes to the lion, implying the opening of the auspicious, prosperous business.

3. What are the sentences describing the dragon and lion dance

1, resounding, lively drums and gongs burst, a long brocade-colored dragons in the venue tumbling and dancing, driven by the jubilation of the venue.

2, they wore colorful dragon costumes, hand dance long dragon, dragon out of the sea, shuttle forward, dragon swim in the four seas, soaring into the sky, is not a real dragon is better than a real dragon.

3, the tighter the gong hit, the more dense the drum, the more people turn more dangerous, the more the lion jumped higher, the audience with the show and the ups and downs, kicking and jumping and tumbling, standing and lying and rolling and shaking, courageous and naive, thrilling and amusing performance of the northern lions, to win a full house of applause.

4, in the 22 varying heights of the golden pile wood, the majestic lion in the struggle to pick the green, exciting drums and music bursts of sound, the male division to see the green, happy green, looking at the green, explore the green, picking the green, spit the green ...... static as the cat waiting for the mouse out of the den, moving as a tiger to capture the sheep agility.

5, the lion solemn and graceful, retaining the royal style of the Tang Dynasty, reflecting the wit and sensitivity, fearless and courageous, naive, playful and amusing image, good at the tables and stools to perform stunts.

Extended information

People use the dragon dance to pray for the blessing of the dragon on the day of celebration, in order to get a good wind and rain, and a good harvest. The main props of the dragon dance are "dragons". Dragon with grass, bamboo, cloth and other tie and become, the number of sections of the dragon to the singular for good luck, see nine sections of the dragon, eleven sections of the dragon, thirteen sections of the dragon, up to twenty-nine sections.

People in the celebration of the day with the lion dance dragon to pray for the blessing of the lion. Lion appearance, powerful action, changing demeanor, there are many different folklore, a time to become a myth, a time to pull on the history of the lion dance added a lot of mystery, but also to make it more in-depth people's hearts. People believe that the lion is an auspicious beast, the lion dance can bring good luck.

Reference Baidu Encyclopedia - Dragon and Lion Dance

4. Southern lion eye-dotting order and symbolism, and the symbolism of the Southern Lion Caiqing, the host said

Lion dance is an excellent folk art in our country, whenever the Lantern Festival or gatherings and celebrations, the folk are to lion dance to cheer.

This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period, and became popular in the North and South Dynasties, and has a history of more than a thousand years. Under the music of gongs and drums, the performers dress up as lions and make various lion movements.

Chinese folklore tradition, that the lion dance can drive away evil spirits. Therefore, whenever there are festivals, such as new celebrations, spring races, etc., like to play gongs and drums, lion dance to help celebrate.

The lion dance is also known worldwide with the migration of Chinese overseas, Malaysia, Singapore and other places are quite popular lion dance. Overseas Chinese living in Europe and the United States have also formed many lion dance clubs, and every year, during the Chinese New Year or major celebrations, they will celebrate with lion dances all over the world.

According to legend, it was first introduced from the West, the lion is Manjushri's mount, with the introduction of Buddhism into China, the lion dance activities also imported into China. The lion was a tribute brought back by Emperor Wu of Han after he sent Zhang Qian on a mission to the West, along with peacocks and other things.

While the lion dance technique is cited from the Western Liang "mask play", some people believe that the lion dance is the fifth century in the army, and later introduced to the folk. It is difficult to judge the rights and wrongs of either theory today.

However, the Tang Dynasty, the lion dance has become prevalent in the court, the military, folk activities. Tang Duan Anjie "Lefu miscellaneous search" said: "the play has five square lions, more than ten feet high, each dressed in five colors, each lion, there are twelve people, wearing red smudged forehead, clothing painted clothes, holding a red whisk, called the lion Lang, dancing peace music."

The poet Bai Juyi "Xiliang伎" poem has a vivid depiction of this: "Xiliang伎, Xiliang伎, masked hu people fake lion. The lion is a masked hu-man. The head is carved out of wood and the tail is made of silk, and the eyes are plated with gold and the teeth are made of silver.

Enxian sweater swinging ears, such as from the quicksand to ten thousand miles." The poem describes the scene of the lion dance at that time.

The lion dance has a long history, it is a product of cultural exchanges between China and the West. As early as 1900 years ago, Persia conducted commercial trade with China through the Silk Road, which also promoted cultural exchanges between the two countries.

Persian emissaries also transported lions and other animals to China, which were not produced in the Central Plains of China at that time, but as the next ancient China and West Asia, India and other countries to carry out friendly exchanges, more lions came to the Chinese territory. The lion is a powerful body, known as the king of beasts, and China is generally not subject to the lion disease, so the folk have a sense of affection for the lion, as a symbol of might and courage and good luck, and hope that the lion's mighty image of exorcism to drive away the evil spirits, caused by the lion shape to suppress or to show the might of the lion.

Chinese society has always been based on agriculture, with the change of seasonal weather and agricultural life, various festivals or welcome the gods and ceremonies came into being, in these festivals, people in order to seek peace and tranquility in life, to the gods or beasts to drive away the ghosts and entertain the gods evolved, this form will gradually have the significance of the entertainment of the people. With the people's love of lions, not satisfied with the standing door piers, eaves, stone fences, seals, paintings on the static lion art image, they want to let the lion alive, so they created a simulation of the lion's behavior of the dance, and then improved and developed into a unique art of the Chinese people.

Although the folk lion dance activities from a long time ago, but the origin of this art is divided. Connoisseurs all over the books, in the end can only be traced from a variety of records in the realization of some clues, which includes a variety of legends.

Among them: the origin of the Han Dynasty said: According to legend, when the Han Emperor Zhangdi, the western region of the Dayuezhi tribute to the Han Dynasty, a male lion with golden hair, the emissary threatened the field, if someone can tame this lion, they will continue to pay tribute to the Han Dynasty, or else cut off diplomatic relations. After the departure of the envoy, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty chose three people to tame the lion, but they were unsuccessful.

Later, the golden lion madness seizure, was killed by the palace people messy stick, the palace people to avoid the Zhangdi descending, so the lion skin pulled down, by the palace people brothers dressed as a golden lion, a person to tease the lead dance, this move not only fooled the ambassadors of the Dayuezhi, even the Zhangdi believe that the matter was later spread out of the Han Palace, the people believe that the lion dance is a symbol of glory for the country, good luck. So they imitated the lion and performed the lion dance.

Lion dance has been popular since then. Origin of the Northern Wei Dynasty: The lion dance as a performing art is believed to have taken shape 1,500 years ago in the Northern Wei Dynasty, when the northern Huns invaded the country.

They made a lot of wood and stone carvings, and sewed the body of the lion with gold silk and hemp, and sent good dancers to Wei to pay tribute, with the intention of assassinating the Wei Emperor during the lion dance, but fortunately, they were recognized by the loyal ministers, so that they knew what they were doing and retreated. Later, because the Wei Emperor loved the lion dance, ordered to copy, pragmatic to be handed down to future generations.

Yang Xianzhi "Luoyang Galaxy Records" described the time when the Luoyang Changqiu Temple Buddha traveled, there is a "lion to ward off evil spirits, to guide its front" words. Tang dynasty origin said: In the tablet to make the Tang Ming Huang tour of the Moon Palace, the lion dance made by the Tang Ming Huang tour of the Moon Palace after a wake-up call and there is a wake-up lion dance, the story says that when the Tang Ming Huang tour of the Moon Palace, in front of the steps appeared a colorful, broad-mouthed, big-nosed unicorn to the Tang Ming Huang no harm, and in front of the steps to the rolling ball, gesture of majesty.

Tang Ming Huang woke up to see this phenomenon, he wanted to close ministers according to his dream beast imitation, at the same time by the club with a strong gongs and drums choreographed dance to entertain the guests. Since then, the lion dance has flowed into the folk.

The Tang dynasty "Li Department of Kabuki" in the "Taiping music" is also known as the "five sides of the lion dance". Bai Juyi, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem: "The masked hu man is a fake lion, carving wood for the head and silk for the tail.

Gold-plated eyes and silver paste teeth, Fenxun sweater swinging ears" ("Xilan伎"). It can be seen that the Tang Dynasty has been a lion dance.

Internationally widely recognized origin of Foshan said: in ancient times, Guangdong Nanhai County, Foshan Township Zhongyi Township appeared a strange beast, eight feet long, big head and small body, eyes like copper bells, green fangs, head a unicorn horn. This strange beast appeared on New Year's Eve night, come and go like the wind, specializing in the destruction of folk crops including rice, vegetables and so on.

The villagers and townspeople are not tired of it, because he appeared every New Year's Eve, so people call it "the beast of the year", the townspeople will discuss the elimination of "the beast of the year," there are wise to offer advice, with gabions and paper, tied into the shape of a strange beast and colored with colors. To various shapes of cloth such as square, triangular woven into the body of the beast, and then set warriors dozens of people, holding pots and other appliances to hit the sound, and by a person holding a double chopper, standing in a round anvil ready to knock.

They ambushed in a bridge, the place for the beast must pass. When the beast appeared, the warriors came out in force and struck their instruments with a thunderous "clang" and "dong" sound.

The beast was horrified and fled, and has never been seen again. In order to celebrate the success of driving away the beast and to commemorate the merits of the papier-maché beast head, the villagers took it out to dance in the Spring Festival.

The paper-decorated beast's head is a symbol of the village's success.