What is the significance of the Lion Caiqing

The symbolism of the Lion Dance is: to be rich and prosperous.

The lion represents good luck and goodwill, and the shape of the lion is dragon and wind, powerful and strong, and the lion dances, which means that it brings good luck and peace in everything. Waking lion show will usually have the door to pick the green this link, which is a symbol of wealth is, prosperous.

The "green" is lettuce. Hang up the lettuce and the profits, the lion in front of the "green" dance a number of times, showing hesitation, and then jumped up, the green vegetables a mouthful of "eat" off, and then the lettuce "bite and spit out", and then to everyone! Greetings. In order to increase the entertainment, Caiqing sometimes also uses stunts, such as the shoulder (the head of the lion dance stands on the shoulder of the tail), Jengluohan (stacking of lions), the pole (climbing up the bamboo pole) or the plum blossom tsubaki (passing through the wooden tsubaki of varying heights), and so on.

Lion Dance

Lion Dance is one of the lion dance cultures, excellent traditional folk dance art, every Lantern Festival, or gatherings and celebrations, or store opening, the folk will be a lion dance to cheer up. Cantonese people will hang a piece of lettuce in front of a store that has just opened, which means to make money, and the lion dance will stand up to pick the lettuce.

The lion dance is a cultural activity that combines martial arts, dance and music. During the performance, the gongs and drums ring, the lion dancers first play a burst of Nanquan, which is known as the "open pile", and then by two people playing a lion dance, the other head wearing a smiling "big head of Buddha", holding a large sunflower fan to lead the lion on the stage.