Lion dance is an excellent folk art in our country. Every festival or gathering celebration, the folk dance lion to cheer up, lion dance is divided into North and south, the south to Guangdong's lion dance performance is the most famous. Lions are made of colored cloth strips. Each lion has two people performing together, one dance head and one dance tail. Performers dressed up as lions under the music of gongs and drums, making various forms of lions' movements. During the performance, the lion dances should show the southern style martial arts with various moves and are very masculine.

    Lion dance is a traditional Asian folk performing art. Performers dress up as lions under gongs and drums and perform various forms of lion movements. Chinese folk custom holds that lion dance can exorcise evil spirits and eliminate ghosts. Therefore, every festival, such as the New Zhang Festival and the Spring Festival, like beating gongs and drums, and dancing lions to help celebrate. Lion dancing is also famous all over the world with Chinese immigrants. Lion dancing is very popular in Malaysia, Singapore and Chinatown of other countries. Overseas Chinese living in Europe and the United States also form a number of lion wake-up parties. Every year, they celebrate the Spring Festival or major festivals, and they dance lion around the world.

    The origin of lion dance varies widely. Myth and legend are that lions appeared in the mountains and ate the villagers in the villages. Later, the villagers learned martial arts, killed lions, and imitated the form of lions to become lion dancers. There is also a myth version that the Buddha led the lions away, so the "Big Head Buddha" often leads the lions in the southern lions. There are also rumours that villagers have driven lions and gongs and drums to drive away the animals and become lion dances.