Why do you want to burn lions during the Spring Festival?

Burning lions is an important content of Guilin lions' New Year greetings before liberation. Lions are generally organized by clubs in other provinces and cities in Guangxi, and there are also lions from suburban farmers who come to the city to pay New Year greetings.

From the first day of the lunar new year to the fifteenth day of the first month, lions will go door to door to pay New Year greetings to rich families. The lion went into the hall to worship the incense of his master's house during the Chinese New Year. Generally speaking, only lions, big-headed arhats and monkeys are allowed to enter the house, while others are beating gongs and drums and cheering outside. After worshipping incense for three times, the host family began to burn the lion and throw the lit firecrackers on the lion in order to celebrate and be auspicious. In order to avoid the firecrackers thrown on the body and feet, the lion jumps, rushes, rushes, roars and stomps in the crackling and rolling smoke. The kung fu is incredible. Outside, gongs and drums are loud and smoky. The host family liked it very much. They just threw the lit firecrackers at the lion.

In order to protect the lion, monkeys and big-headed arhats will fight firecrackers on the lion, and the atmosphere is very hot. When the host family finished setting off the firecrackers prepared in advance, the lion had been burned "black and blue", and the host family opened the main door with the bar inserted and let the lion out.

After the lion walked out of the main house, he waited for his master to give him a reward. However, the host's reward is not so easy to get. The host will hang red envelopes and vegetables with bamboo Artemisia and hang them on the top floor of the house. The lion will climb the stacked "Lohan Pagoda" until he reaches the top. This is the "lion" grasping the green.

If the owner's house has only two or three floors, it is not difficult for the lion to grab the green. But if the householder has a thick ass and a tall house, it would be better for the lion to engage in some "five flowers" when robbing the green. Naturally, this red envelope will be thicker.

Before liberation, in the northeast corner of Cross Street, there was a famous old-fashioned cloth shop in Guilin named "Zhang Yongfa". In the old society, lions from all walks of life paid New Year greetings to Zhang Yongfa every year. The cloth shop is six stories high, and it takes more than ten floors to get to the top. The ground floor is made up of eight big men. The appearance of this "Luohan Tower" is breathtaking, and onlookers cheer from time to time with the loud sound of gongs and drums.

The lion climbed the folded "Luohan Pagoda" for advice while cheering the sound of gongs and drums and under the excited eyes of onlookers. Every time a lion climbs a layer of arhat, his movements are very thrilling, and the whole scene of grabbing green is very hot.

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