Beijing Lantern Festival lion is the northern lion or southern lion

Beijing Lantern Festival lion is the northern lion, China's lion dance has a long history, from the north to the south, from the city to the countryside, the New Year's festivals and celebrations have lion dance activities, "Han Shu - Rituals and Music," recorded in the "Elephant Man" is the predecessor of the lion dance; existing lion dance is divided into two major categories of southern lion, northern lion, southern lion has a more martial arts difficult skills, vigorous and fierce demeanor; northern lion is cute and naive, mostly playful and playful performance content. The southern lion has more difficult martial arts skills, and its demeanor is robust and fierce; the northern lion is naive and cute, and it is mostly a playful and playful performance.