What's the difference between the southern lion and the northern lion?

The Southern Lion, also known as the Lion Awakening, has a more vigorous shape and pays attention to "horse stance just look" when dancing. Southern Lion shows a vigorous lion style mainly through the movements of dancers, and generally only two people dance at one end. The lion's head is based on the face spectrum of China traditional opera, which is colorful and beautifully made. Eyes and mouth can move. Strictly speaking, heather's lion head is not like a lion's head, and some people even think that heather is closer to the "Nian" beast. Heather's lion head also has a horn. It is said that it used to be made of iron to cope with the fights that often occur when dancing lions. Traditionally, the lion's head is divided into Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. The three lion heads are not only different in color and decoration, but also have different dancing methods according to the personalities of the three ancient people. There are many dance styles of heather, including: rising, normal, rising, questioning, scratching, welcoming, saluting, jumping, examining, sleeping, coming out of the hole, outbursting, climbing mountains, going upstairs and so on; Dancers show various forms abstractly through different horse stance and lion head movements. Therefore, the Southern Lion speaks like a spirit. The Southern Lion has performances such as going out of the cave, going up the mountain, patrolling the mountain to meet the lion, picking green and entering the cave. Among them, "picking green" is the most common. The original meaning of "picking green" is "anti-clearing and restoring sight", but now it is generally taken as a symbol of "prosperity" and prosperous business. "Green" uses lettuce. Hanging lettuce and vegetable market (red envelopes), the lion jumped a few times in front of the "green" to show hesitation, then jumped up, "ate" the vegetables, and then "chewed up the lettuce" to greet everyone. In order to increase entertainment, picking green sometimes uses special effects, such as shoulder pads (lion-headed dancers stand on lion's tail shoulders),

Lohan, climbing pole (climbing bamboo pole),

Or a plum tree (a tree with different heights) and so on.

When dancing the Southern Lion, there will be gongs, drums and cymbals. Lion dance should match the rhythm of music. When dancing the Southern Lion, sometimes a person will dress up as a "Big Head Buddha" and be led by a sunflower fan. There is usually a "closing ceremony" before the lion dance. The ceremony was presided over by the officiating guests, and the lion's eyes were painted with cinnabar to symbolize life.

The northern lion looks like a real lion, with a simple head and golden hair all over. Lion dancers (usually two people dancing at the same time) will coat their trousers and shoes with fur. Before dancing, they will look like Xiao Wei Miao Wei lions. The lion with a red knot on his head is a male and the green one is a female. The northern lion shows flexible movements, which is different from the southern lion. Dance is mainly about jumping, falling, turning, rolling, jumping and scratching. Lions in the north usually appear in pairs; Led by a master dressed as a samurai. Sometimes a pair of northern lions will match a pair of little northern lions. The little lion teased the big lion, and the big lion teased and showed his family. The performance of the northern lion is closer to juggling. Musically, Beijing cymbals, Beijing gongs and Beijing drums are the main instruments.