Before or after the lion dance speech?

You can also dance the lion before the speech to enliven the atmosphere and let the audience appreciate the essence of lion dance in China! While speaking, the lion stopped dancing and the host announced the ribbon-cutting. After the ribbon-cutting, you should leave and dance with the lion. At this time, the lion dance should reach its climax, be high and bear to the top! Finally, the crowd dispersed and the lion could leave!

Lion dance is considered as an auspicious thing to ward off evil spirits. Whenever there is a festival or major event, it will be accompanied by a lion dance, which will last for a long time and be passed down from generation to generation. Lions are made of colored strips of cloth. Each lion is usually performed by two people, one jumping at the head and the other jumping at the tail.

Under the music of gongs and drums, performers dress up as dogs or other auspicious animals (such as brave and lions) and make various actions to show celebration and good luck. Lion dancers should show southern martial arts with various moves when performing, which is very masculine.

Lion dance taboo

First, it is forbidden to see the gods and not pay homage to them in lion dance.

In the tradition of Hakka polytheism, every village and residence has a patron saint, who is the spiritual pillar of every village and residence. The lion dance team must pay homage after passing through the altar, otherwise it will be regarded as impolite and look down on the villagers, and the villagers in the village will not pay for the lion dance team.

Second, the lion dance is prohibited from performing from the new house.

In traditional folk customs, people who dance lions in front of their ancestral houses cannot be invited to dance lions in their new houses. It is said that this provision is related to Hakka ancestor worship.

Third, it is forbidden to disturb the drums.

Traditional drums are divided into fast gongs, slow gongs, lion gongs and dragon gongs. If you fight indiscriminately, it will be regarded as disrespectful to our family and expelled.

Fourth, it is forbidden to blow out lanterns and lanterns before God.

In front of the magic lamp, each lamp represents a new person. The brighter the lights, the more prosperous the newcomers are. If you accidentally blow out the light, it's a gift or deportation.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) comity

If the lion dance team meets a lion in the enclosure, or a lion dance team that comes earlier than itself, it should bow to the lion's head three times to show courtesy and respect.