Chinese Northern Lion🦁 A #NorthernLionDance The Chinese Northern Lion (simplified Chinese: #北狮 ; traditional Chinese: #北獅 ; pinyin: #Běishī ) Dance is often performed as a pair of male and female #lions in the north of China. Northern lions may have a gold-painted wooden head, and shaggy red and yellow hair with a red bow on its head to indicate a #malelion , or a green bow (sometimes green hair) to represent a female.[35] There are however regional variations of the #lion . It is said that the northern lion may have originated from Northern Wei, when Hu dancers performed the dance for the emperor, and it was referred to as Northern Lion by the Song dynasty.[36] Northern lions resemble 🐕 #Pekingese 🐕 or Foo Dogs/Fu Dogs, and their movements are lifelike during a performance. Acrobatics is very common, with stunts like lifts, or balancing on a tiered platform or on a giant ball. Northern lions sometimes appear as a family, with two large "adult" lions and a pair of small "young" lions. There are usually two performers in one #adultlion , and one in the #younglion . There may also be a "warrior" character who holds a spherical object and leads the lions.[37] Chinese Southern Lion🦁 A #SouthernLionDance The Chinese Southern Lion (simplified Chinese: #南狮 ; traditional Chinese: #南獅 ; pinyin: #Nánshī ) or #CantoneseLiondance originated from Guangdong and is the best known lion outside of China. The Southern Lion has a single horn, and is associated with the legend of a mythical monster called👹 #Nian 👹. The lion's head is traditionally constructed using papier-mâché over a bamboo frame covered with gauze, then painted and decorated with fur.[38][39] Its body is made of durable layered cloth also trimmed with fur. Newer lions, however, may be made with modern materials such as aluminium instead of bamboo and are lighter.[40] Newer versions may also apply shinier modern material over the traditional lacquer such as sequin or laser sticker, but they do not last as long as those with lacquer. Different types of fur may be used in modern lions.
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Chinese Northern Lion🦁
A #NorthernLionDance
The Chinese Northern Lion (simplified Chinese: #北狮 ; traditional Chinese: #北獅 ; pinyin: #Běishī ) Dance is often performed as a pair of male and female #lions in the north of China. Northern lions may have a gold-painted wooden head, and shaggy red and yellow hair with a red bow on its head to indicate a #malelion , or a green bow (sometimes green hair) to represent a female.[35] There are however regional variations of the #lion .
It is said that the northern lion may have originated from Northern Wei, when Hu dancers performed the dance for the emperor, and it was referred to as Northern Lion by the Song dynasty.[36]
Northern lions resemble 🐕 #Pekingese 🐕 or Foo Dogs/Fu Dogs, and their movements are lifelike during a performance. Acrobatics is very common, with stunts like lifts, or balancing on a tiered platform or on a giant ball. Northern lions sometimes appear as a family, with two large "adult" lions and a pair of small "young" lions. There are usually two performers in one #adultlion , and one in the #younglion . There may also be a "warrior" character who holds a spherical object and leads the lions.[37]
Chinese Southern Lion🦁
A #SouthernLionDance
The Chinese Southern Lion (simplified Chinese: #南狮 ; traditional Chinese: #南獅 ; pinyin: #Nánshī ) or #CantoneseLiondance originated from Guangdong and is the best known lion outside of China. The Southern Lion has a single horn, and is associated with the legend of a mythical monster called👹 #Nian 👹. The lion's head is traditionally constructed using papier-mâché over a bamboo frame covered with gauze, then painted and decorated with fur.[38][39] Its body is made of durable layered cloth also trimmed with fur. Newer lions, however, may be made with modern materials such as aluminium instead of bamboo and are lighter.[40] Newer versions may also apply shinier modern material over the traditional lacquer such as sequin or laser sticker, but they do not last as long as those with lacquer. Different types of fur may be used in modern lions.