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Chinese Lion Dance equipment

Chinese Southern Lion dance costume

	Left: Child Southern Lion Dance The Chinese Lion Dance has a history of over 2000 years. The earliest record of lion dance performance dates to Qin and Han Dynasties, about 200 BC. The dancing lion celebrates the Chinese new year from town to town at the first 15 days of new year to giving people happiness and joyness. ....     People play lion and dragon dance in festivals and all kind of big happy event such as the opening ceremony, building finished, marriage, birthday and business beginning.Now, Lion dance performance troupes are everywhere from American to China.
Right: Northern Lion Southern lion dance is more beautiful than the northern lion dance. The north lion have 2 or 4 legs with a lion costume. One player play the lion head and front legs, while another player play the lion body and rear legs. The lion looks like a round dragon's head, sometimes it has a born too. With the sound of drums and gongs, lion and dragon dance with its head and body. Both the northern and southern lion dance much faster than the really lion, with much expression using the legs and head, to express the happy and joy. Sometimes it look naive, sometimes it look powerful..       Click HERE to browse more picture of lion dance and dragon dance. The following is a picture of demonstration. The Guangdong province is the major origin of lion dance performance in the States. It is southern lion. It is quite different from the lion dance from other parts of China, such as what we can see in Chinese lion dance acrobatic and northern China traditional festivals. The people in gongfu schools in Guangdong province like to play lion dance. Anyway, the lion dance can do as a parade tool and it need not so much skill if we can just play it in our own way. We can also ask the maker to make other animal dance, like phoenix dance or something. There at least three music instrument for lion dance: drum, gong and cymbal. The dance movement often goes with music. The music give the signals to the performers and the players dance with sound's rhythm and volume. And the different instrument may give different meaning to play. a three star movement and a seven star movement should be follow by big dance. That is the example how the dance goes with music. The change of instrument rhythm make the dance vividly. The firecrackers, lion and dragon preferment will make people lucky and drive the evil off. And it is a way people goes together and watches a event. Dragon andLion dances are ways to give happiness, attract attention and gather people as well as a performance art meeting. The playing is often at the beginning of Chinese new years, business celebration, birth of a baby, birthday and wedding. Lion dance preferment at a wedding is popular in American. Anyway, we aren't necessary need a professional play team, we just need the lion dance costumes and let our friend to perform it in our own way. The lion dance music instruments are of fun, we can use it in other event, like games, parades etc. We can perform lion and dragon dance in the way we want, it is a team work to add friendship to us and show our creative. Give to the performing team is by the way of cai qing, or green eating.In the rural are, the green is represent the money, it is a same color.The Lishi is a red enveloped cash gift which is also call Hongbao. This gift was bound with green vegetable such as lettuce which have leaves to let he lion chew.Using its mouth, lion grasp the green vegetable is call chai Qing; Qing is the meaning of green vegetable. The vegetables are put on a somewhere to let the lion to hold it in mouth. The lion will perform as if it find its way to find the vegetable and careful grasp it as a quarry.The lion will do a three star action with the three star rhythm, after watch the circumstance of the vegetable. The tree star action is the way the lion scare other competitors who have interest in its vegetable. Then the lion will eat the green vegetable with its mouth. The head player will use the head to bite the Li Shi and put it on his pocket. If the Li Shi was dropped on the floor, that will be bad luck. Then the green vegetable was torn apart, they represent prosperity and were given away first to the left and then to right, and last to middle.With the joyful music, the lion will swing his head vivid like a real animal to show his is delighted by the reward he received and thanks people arrived. Go to the the lion dance center

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To promote the Dragon, Lion's popularity at home and in the world to carry out the promotion, the State General Administration of Sport of China established in 1995, Dragon and Lion Dance Sports Association, and has hosted many international and domestic dragon and lion dance competitions.? Currently, in the international set up the "International Dragon and Lion Dance Association" based in Beijing, "Chinese Dragon and Lion Dance Sports Association for College branches" located in the Central South University.
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Central South University, Dragon and Lion Dance Association was founded in December 29, 2003, 380 current members and the sport, the association has a clear charter and rules, the association sector institutions improve, the daily work of strictly institutionalized, standardized operation, establish a strict? learning, training time, members requested a proactive, to associations, to win glory for the school.

In December 2003 Dragon and Lion Dance Championship at the first students, Vice Provincial Governor Xu Yunzhao Lion Group for the Central South University, Emphasis, boost morale, Central South University's winning 4 gold, 1 silver good results. Dragon provides routine competition - first place, dragon Free Set Competition - first place, Lion joint training - Gold Award, the North lion routine - the second, Dragon Dance Project Competition - first prize.September 2005 Students in the Second National Dragon and Lion Dance Championship on 6 gold, 1 silver by the monster success of the men dragon provides routine competition - the first, provides routine women's dragon game - first, man dance Long Free Set Competition - first, the woman dragon Free Set Competition - first place, Lion joint training - Gold, dragon combined event competitions - first, the traditional dragon dance competition project - the second the other group received the "Best Dress" award, leader of the "best leader" award, and has represented the school to participate in performance (school orientation, assessment to meet, the celebration can see us), competitions (first, second national Dragon and Lion Dance Championship college students), teaching, participate in cross-strait dragon and lion dance performances, many times to do television shows, performances (Hunan Satellite TV, the more fun the more policy Session, Hunan Satellite TV at night, Hunan Satellite TV, who is the hero, after ten years as the celebration of Tourism? Festival opening ceremony, etc.), Hunan Province in 2006 was "Top Ten Societies," CCTV News Channel in 2007 to participate in "a grand Spring Festival."

China is the birthplace of Dragon and Lion Dance. Lion and dragon dances since inception, has been deeply loved by people of all nationalities, ages legend, flourishing as ever, and thus formed a very splendid Lion Dance Culture. Dragon and lion dance in China, was originally a kind of spontaneous, fun, randomness is characterized by traditional folk sports activities. After two thousand years of development, its form, a wide range of styles, genres colorful. Lion Dance Southern Lion and the North are divided lion, lion moves north light to jump, somersault mainly popular in North Central Plains and South, East part of the region; Southern Lion is a large and mighty movement, drum majestic, smell is? exciting, popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macao and Singapore. Dragon with dragon, dragon grass, cloth dragons, paper dragons, Duan Long, Long baskets, lamps and other hundreds of species of dragon. In traditional practice, people the dragon as the embodiment of good luck, during festivals, dragon all parts of the custom. In the old society, in some places long drought does not rain, there is the custom of dragon for rain. 54csu.com

In modern times, with the Chinese Dragon and Lion Dance migration and spread around the world, over the past decade, many countries and regions in Southeast Asia has dragon, lion movement developed into a sports event, year by year international Lion Dance competitionmore modern dragon and lion dances, performances by the general, developed into a set of entertainment, celebration, sports and fitness in one multi-functional cultural and sports activities, and embarked on a standardized, scientific, Competition and and international development track.

The other group received the "Best Dress" award, leader of the "best leader" Award

May 2006, Central South University, results of physical education teaching demonstration, as the representative of Dragon and Lion Dance Association teams at the opening ceremony of the show, while the Lion option classes teaching students the results were the first, reflecting members to conscientiously study training results.

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April 2005, association members to participate in Yunlu Park Community Festival will be dragon and lion dance culture into the community, allow people to revisit the essence of traditional Chinese culture, reacted very strongly.

September 2005, as representatives of traditional arts in Hunan Province, Hunan Tourism Festival to attend the opening ceremony and press conference performances.

November 2005, the Association was invited to participate in technology entrepreneurship for College Students Art Show, and made an excellent performance, the party atmosphere to a climax and embodies the spirit of college students face, the innovative and pioneering technology combined with Chinese traditional culture.

New Year's Eve in 2006, Dragon and Lion Dance Association affiliated group to participate in New Year's party in Hunan Provincial Committee, Party Secretary Zhang Chunxian Emphasis on site.

New Year's Day 2006, the provincial Public Security Bureau shows New Year's party.

2006 New Year, the Lantern Festival celebration to participate in Yuelu Mountain, to join the community to celebrate the New Year.

May 2006, as a bright spot to participate in assessment of 211, Central South University variety show, was appreciated by the leadership of the Ministry of Education, Central South University, to increase educational outcomes highlights.
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July 2006, the Taiwan delegation to innovation and entrepreneurship graduate of Central South University, in South Central South University School Youth League as a bright spot, organizing cross-strait exchange students lion, to conduct exclusive exchange study, through careful, mutual learning, by the Association of Taiwan Doudou Long composed of students obtained demonstrate their group's Golden Dragon Award.

July 2006, Dragon and Lion Dance Association, the Ministry of Education, Central South University, students in the SF and the Chinese Dragon and Lion Dance Sports Association College branch organizations, "100 School Lion Dance in the Classroom" campaign, dozens of colleges and universities across the country made a show of teachers demonstration and teaching exercises for the teaching of Central South University can do something. 54csu.com

October 2006 to participate in Hunan Yuhua Shang culture festival first press conference and performance events

November 2006 to participate in Changsha, China University Super League Women's Cultural Association Contest has participated in school sports meeting in the hall. Association members and has organized numerous performing athletes spontaneous sympathy of local homes for the elderly in the community is well appreciated.
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The central one in 2003, two sets of three, five sports channels sports news section, the special report of the Central South University, Dragon and Lion Dance Group, to expand the Association's influence in society.

Taiwan's ETTV, 2005, Hong Kong Phoenix TV and Hunan TV stations have reported the Central South University, Dragon and Lion Dance Association show.

Hunan TV in 2006, "Who is a hero" section of the final performances were invited to participate, so that a wide range of information, Central South University Lion Dance Group, to attract media attention.
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Hunan Economic TV, "the more fun the more policy" section has also made special programs, was still in Hunan TV, "the more fun the more policy" and highlights several intervals, the column, through the Association Secretary-General, Professor Huang Yisu presentation will further lion culture to our school community, interview attracted the attention of large audiences.

Hunan Economic TV tenth anniversary of the celebration, invited me to school to do a Dragon and Lion Dance Group Session performance, the performance is also achieved the first Lion NPC Session Festival performances, student organizations of similar work in the country also play an exemplary and leading role , the work of students also increased the level of social popularity, is the work of innovation and the success of a bold attempt to typical cases.
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University Sports Association in China, Sina, and red tennis and other large sites on the Dragon and Lion Dance Association, our school has done special reports, public opinion rating is very high and carry forward the Chinese traditional culture on the add beautiful flowers, as China's high level of high-quality students, we have an obligation to do all this responsibility.

Newspapers and magazines, the Changsha Evening News, Xiaoxiang Chen reported ¨¨y????¨ºD¡À¡§ many newspapers and magazines such as Lion Dance Association in our school coverage, many do not see our own network, our school Dragon and Lion Dance Association, favorably,produced not only his own website, and to increase the association's advocacy efforts, expanding the association's influence.

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In the past few years we have made in various competitions on a number of achievements, promotion of culture in Lion also made a preliminary success.? However, we are a long way.Dragon and Lion Dance Team in the training, we should continue to emphasize a solid foundation of basic skills and movements of innovation for the next contest on the greater achievements; the Lion cultural promotion, we should continue to work as soon as possible and in the province and even national? Brothers schools within the relevant associations to co-operate as much as possible to organize more competitions and Biaoyanhuodong Lion, in the Daxue Sheng Quan Guo Chuan Tong Wen Hua --- in promoting the Chinese Dragon and Lion Dance Culture.
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In today's global integration and enhance a country's influence in the world, the powerful economic and military strength is important. However, now that the peace era, Dabu Fen of the countries national cultural penetration in the world as the world's a Zhongyao the move. Want the world to accept China, first of all should let the world understand and accept the traditional Chinese culture, and a long history and profound culture of the dragon and lion dance will be able to as a world cultural heritage to the world. We are a new generation of college students as a mother, as long as we work hard, willing to sacrifice, passion, purpose, those of us who love culture, man-lion lion culture can make a contribution to the world, our association will also beLion cultural force in the promotion of a strong one. Lion to the world as the promotion of culture around the world will be lion dance Dragon.? "Wherever there are Chinese dragon and lion dance." 54csu.com

Youth League's leadership of party committees in the school and the attention of the joint efforts of members of the Association, the Association is to grow.? We have the confidence and ability to achieve the overall objectives of the Association: for the Lion brand culture as highlighted in Hunan province pushed the country to become a pioneer in Dragon and Lion Dance Culture!

Activities in the future, we will carry out the "Dragon and Lion Dance Championship, Central South University," "dragon and lion dance photography contest," "dragon and lion wallpaper, posters, poster making contest," "dragon and lion dance competition of knowledge," " Dragon and Lion Dance Culture Essay Contest ", and publish their own publications, organizations, dragon and lion dance training class.