Lion Dance

Lion dance (simplified Chinese: 舞狮; traditional Chinese: 舞獅; pinyin: wǔshī) is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and other Asian countries in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume. The lion dance is usually performed during the Chinese New Year and other Chinese traditional, cultural and religious festivals. It may also be performed at important occasions such as business opening events, special celebrations or wedding ceremonies, or may be used to honour special guests by the Chinese communities.

The Chinese lion dance is sometimes mistakenly referred to as dragon dance. An easy way to tell the difference is that a lion is normally operated by just two dancers, while a dragon is longer and needs many people. Also, in a lion dance, the performers' faces are only seen occasionally, since they are inside the lion. In a dragon dance, the performers' faces can be easily seen since the dragon is held on poles. Chinese lion dance fundamental movements can be found in most Chinese martial arts.

There are two main forms of the Chinese lion dance, the Northern Lion and the Southern Lion. Both forms are commonly found in China, but around the world especially in South East Asia, the Southern Lion predominates as it was spread by the Chinese diaspora communities who are historically mostly of Southern Chinese origin. Versions of the lion dance are also found in Japan, Korea, Tibet and Vietnam. Another form of lion dance exists in Indonesian culture, but it may be of a different tradition and may be referred to as Singa Barong.

The history of the lion is considered as a protector in most of the indigenous peoples of the Asia, primarily for them that the Chinese descent. The lion dance to indigenous peoples in China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. Every country has the pattern and form of dances are distinct. But the dance is more famous as the inheritance of the China, because said its history began more 1,000 years ago. Two dancing lion that is very popular is "Lion Dance North" and "Southern Lion Dance".

North Lion dance is derived from the northern part of China which use this dance as a royal entertainment. The lion costumes they use the orange red and yellow (green for costume lioness). North Lion dance is more movement akrobatik and aims as entertainment.

The Southern Lion dance more brought the symbolism surrounding nature. This dance is always presented as customs ceremony throw the evil spirit and the ceremony asking tuah. The Southern Lion dance using various colors and the head of the costumes have eyes bigger than a lion of the North and have a mirror and a wedge horns before his head.

狮子舞(简体中文: 舞狮; 繁体中文: 舞獅; 拼音: wǔshī)是一种传统的舞蹈在中国的文化和其他的亚洲国家中, 表演者模仿狮子的动作在一只狮子的服装。 狮子舞通常是在中国新的一年和中国其他传统、文化和宗教节日。 它也有可能在重要的场合, 如企业的开幕活动, 特别庆祝活动或婚礼仪式、或可能被用于履行特殊的客人的中文社区。

中国的狮子舞有时误称为龙舞。 一种简单的方法来判断不同的是, 狮通常是由公正的两个舞者, 而龙是较长的、需要很多人。 另外, 在舞狮、表演者的脸上只看到偶尔的, 因为他们是在狮子的。 在龙舞、表演者的脸上都可以很容易地看到, 因为龙是在立杆上。 中国的狮子舞的基本动作可以发现在大多数的中国武术

有两种主要的形式中国的狮子舞、北狮和南狮。 这两种形式通常在中国、而且在世界各地尤其是东南亚、南狮占主导地位, 因为它是由中国移民社群的人都是历史上的大部分是中国南方原产地。 版本的醒狮表演中也有日本、韩国、西藏、越南。 另一种形式的醒狮表演存在于印度尼西亚的文化, 但它可能会有不同的传统和可称为欣加八荣。

历史上的狮子被认为是一种保护器在大多数的土著人民, 亚洲, 主要是为他们的中国血统。 狮子舞的土著人民在中国、台湾、日本、韩国、泰国和越南。 每个国家都有的格局和形式的舞蹈都是明显的。 但舞蹈是更多的著名的继承的中国, 因为它说历史的开始更多 1,000 年前。 两个狮子舞是非常流行的 “狮北” 和 “南狮”。

北狮舞是源自中国北方的使用这种舞蹈作为皇家娱乐。 狮子服装使用橙色的红色和黄色(绿色服装的母狮。 北狮的是更多的运动 akrobatik 和目的, 娱乐。

的南狮表演带来了更多的象征意义周围的大自然。 这种舞蹈是始终显示为海关的颁奖典礼上抛出的邪恶精神的仪式要求 Hang Tuah。 “南狮使用不同的颜色和服饰有眼比狮子和北方的有镜像的楔形角的在他头上。