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Monday, September 26, 2011

Lion Dance


Traditional Chinese lion dance is a dance using the glove that resembles a lion. Lion has a history thousands of years. The first record of this dance can be traced to the Chin Dynasty around the third century BC. Lion art became popular in the North-South Dynasty (Nan Bei) years 420-589 AD. At that time the troops of King Song Wen overwhelmed by the assault troops on the elephant king from the land of Fan Yang Yi Lin. A warlord named Zhong Que create artificial puppet lion king Fan troops to repel it. Apparently the effort was successful until eventually dance lion dance legend.


Lion Dance

Lion Dance

Lion Dance

Lion Dance

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