What are the specifications of the traditional Southern Lion?

The production of southern lions, the traditional practice of bamboo gabions made into a lion's head shape frame, glued with multiple layers of thin gauze paper, air-dried after tracing the pattern, painted in various colors, and then glued to the pig bristles, horsehair, or plant fibers (nowadays have been used on the chickens, ducks, geese, wool, and even fleece). After tying up the lion's head, one or two layers of varnish are applied, and colorful pom-poms or small brass bells are mounted. The lion's eyes, ears, and jaws of the lion's mouth are movable, and black or white long or short whiskers are attached. The color tone of the lion's head is based on five colors: red, yellow, green, white and black. The high forehead of the lion's head is painted with colorful patterns, some also embedded with reflective lenses, dance, sound and color, light and eye-catching. The weight of the lion's head can be divided into four types of models: special lion's head 6.5 kilograms, a lion's head 5 kilograms, the second lion's head 4 kilograms, the third lion's head 3.5 kilograms, and now there are kindergarten children dancing small lion's head, only 2 kilograms.　　Lion cape with linen as a base layer, for durability, and then covered with multi-colored silk cloth according to the pattern of sewing for the surface layer, to be decorated with fluff and small round lenses. In the past, the length of the traditional lion cape was 4 meters, but in modern times it has been changed to about 2.6 to 3 meters, and the middle ridge of the lion cape is crumpled with a rubber cord to the right length. One end of the lion cape is connected to the lion's head, which is covered with colorful strips; the other end is sewn into a pocket, and the tip of the pocket is equipped with a short tail wrapped in colorful cloth and fluff with springs. Lion pants are the pants worn by the lion dancers, the pants are the same as the lantern pants for martial arts, the pants are the same color as the lion quilt, and the two legs are wrapped symmetrically with spinning hair. Lion shoes are based on the size of the lion dancer's feet plus sewing on the colorful cloth and fluff, the toe of the shoe decorated with four sharp claws, generally using rubber flat shoes.　　It is worth saying that the Ming and Qing dynasties to the Republic of China, folk out of the lion dance, there is no special clothing and shoes, generally used Tang pants, white shirt, plus a red crepe belt girdle. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, also put the long shirt pockets up shirt feet waist, completely and martial arts hall martial arts attire. After the founding of New China, especially after the establishment of the Guangzhou Municipal Federation of Trade Unions Lion Dance Team, only to further improve the artistic packaging of lion dance activities.