Lion%20Dance%20At%20Parker%20Place

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Lion Dance At Parker Place

• Sally Lai Yan Pang
• CMNS 488
• Short Assignment 2

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Lion Dance

• Traditional dance in Chinese culture
• Performance art by two people
• Mimic lions movements in a lion costume
• Accompanied by cymbals, singular gong, drums, and
  firecrackers
• Intention of it is to wards of bad luck
• Usually performs in Chinese festivals, business
  opening ceremonies, traditional wedding

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Northern style lion dance

• Resembles movements of pekingnese dog
• Usually appear in pairs
• Short, stocky and furry
• Relatively smaller than Southern style

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Southern style lion dance

• Fut San (Buddha Mountain)
• Hok San (Crane Mountain)
• Fut Hok (hybrid of Fut San and Hok San)
• Chow Gar (Chow family style kung fu)
• Green Lion (Fujian, Hokkien, Taiwan)

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Southern lion dance

• Wide range of colors
• Large eyes
• Mirror on the forehead
• Single horn at the center

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Lion dancers

• People from martial art school
• Movements that they do are high jumps, standing
  on each other shoulders

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Video of lion dance

• Hok San style
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vht_2GwqFBrg