Lion Dance

    Lion Dance is commonly referred to as “Lion Dancing Show”. By region, the “Wooden Handle Lion” which is made up of two wooden handles respectively at the head and tail of the lion is popular among the Yiyang, Yuanjiang Region. On performance, two of the handle holders wave the head of the lion frequently in accordance with the movement to the “bead” player in front of the “lion”; “Martial Lion” is popular in Anhua and Taojiang County and west of NianXian County, the action is more intense, integrating the body-building and entertainment. The players put on the multi-colored trousers and socks, hide themselves in the lion made by clothes, and follow the leading dancer holding the weapons to whirl. They occasionally writhe and then change to titillate, with such actions as licking fur, tumbling and rushing as well as uprising and turning around. They imitate the lion's actions so vivid and perfect that make the visitor soul stirring. “Sulfur Lion” is populated in Majitang Region in Taojiang County, and the player just go to outside to dance at the Lantern Festival in lunar Jan. in each year, before it, they usually need to worship the Guan God (one of the Chinese God) , which is called “FaChang”; When walking through the villages and pass the houses, they dance while burning sulfur for the purpose of expel evils and avoid disease. In the Anhui County, there is the “Arhat Lion”, with lucky status. The lion players wear “Arhat” headgear on their head, with hands holding the rush-leaf fan; they tease the “Lion” whose dancing step is slow, which is very funny and interesting.
　　The “Rice Begging Lion” is popular in the mountain area of Taojiang and Anhui County. The structure and actions of the “Lion” are relatively simple. The players usually play in villages during the Spring Festival, and they ask for the largess in the name of the transferring good fortune.

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