What does the white lion in a lion dance represent?

The white lion is the king. The white lion is made of fine, strong and sturdy shape, with beautiful movements, strong and soft, accompanied by varied percussion, up and down dance, the momentum of swallowing the mountains and rivers. Lichuan has the custom of releasing firecrackers and dancing with white lions during celebrations.

Lichuan White Lion Dance has its own distinctive features compared with the domestic lion dance. The body is white, unique, and rare in the country. The lion itself is a fine production, the shape of a strong and sturdy, very bold. Lion head built-in lion lamps, lamp rope flame-resistant, a meter long lamp rope can burn two or three hours, the production method is unique to pay attention to

1, the lion dance is forbidden to see the gods do not worship

The Hakka tradition of the polytheism, each village and each house has a guardian deity, is the spirit of the pillar of each village and each house, the lion dance team passes the altar of the gods, be sure to pay homage to, or else regarded as do not know the etiquette and despise the village villagers. Otherwise, they will be regarded as ignorant of etiquette and look down on the people of the village, and the villagers will not pay for the lion dance team.

2, the lion dance is forbidden to perform first from the new house

Traditional folklore, not to the ancestral house first lion dance, the descendants of the new house, can not be invited to the lion dance. It is rumored that this rule is related to Hakka ancestor worship.

3, the lion dance is forbidden from the right into the house

Traditional folklore, that the right is a small piece, the left is a large piece of the house to the dragon on the left, so the lion dance team must be from the left piece of the house to enter the left side (a large piece of the) to the lion to the lion, the lion, the meaning of the dragon lion, the people and wealth of the two prosperous. Therefore, it is forbidden to enter the enclosure from the right side of the lion dance team. And before entering the enclosure, you must walk the ding step, knocking the ding gong to enter the enclosure to worship, meaning to wish the house ding ding dafaqi, the New Year all the best.