When was the first time you saw a lion dance performance?

The patience and artistry that goes into this fragile but active piece of living art is amazing!

When I retire (next year) I plan to learn and make lion heads for our dragon and lion dance group.

This is awesome! I’ve always loved these things! I love Asian cultures! I remember going to Chinatown when I was about seven, and seeing one of these lion costumes blew my mind. I even attempted to make my own when I got home, albeit by drawing a face on a large paper bag and using a blanket for the body. Now that I’m older and getting into costume making, I might consider making something like this!

The first time I got to witness the lion dance was when I visited, for the first time, a kung fu school in my city, runned by master from Fujian (curiously, this particular master never learned kung fu in China. He only got to learn it in Brazil, from a master who had already migrated here, and thought of teaching him, because they were both Hakka). I was 12 at the time, and the lion low-key made me scared :v I am part of a whole different kung fu association now, which was originally lead by the guy who brought the lion dance to Brazil. He knew how to build the lion heads, and taught the art to some of his closest students. They are now considered masters at their own right, and decided it was about time to teach more people under them to do the dance. That's how I got to do the dance for the first time in... 2017 I think: it was in a course the masters organized about it. One of the masters himself built the head we used at the day, and it looked really good (seriously, probably the best lion head I've ever seen). Also, fun fact, the group of kung fu people still training at the gym once owned by the original master of my association, got hired by the Rock in Rio festival in 2018 (or 2019, don't remember for sure) to perform both the lion and the dragon dances (plus some kung fu) in Rock Street Asia, one of the major divisions of the festival that year. If you know how big of a festival Rock in Rio is, you know this is no joke. They are just that good entertainers. It's super fun to do the dance, by the way, but it is also way, WAY harder than it looks.

Beautiful thing to see that such art is appreciated in the tech dominated world of today.

I was always amazed at how strong but light those things are. But after a few minutes of lifting them and shaking around they start to get pretty heavy. Just think we use to fight with those things.

Can't remember when was the first lion dance performance but probably when I could see the world cause I was born during Chinese New Year!

Wong Fei Hung is from Foshan

This is video is underrated

KZfaq recommended me this while I'm thinking about lion face drumming with loud bass music

黎家佛山獅頭好威猛！

Exelente, como hacen para que mueva los ojos

Family contact? I would like to buy leon-

How long does it take to make the lion head

A terbaik..

Hi! Some good dude that can help me find the store of the li's family??? thanks!!!!

How would I be able to contact them so I can purchase a lion head?

買一頭獅子也不便宜啊，我93年接觸舞獅，那時香港買一隻【獅子頭】需要8000多港元）約1100美元 而【獅子尾】就更貴，90年代初我們買一隻獅子尾要11000港元）約為美1400美元 那時候香港買獅頭和獅尾，是分開來買的。

家人聯絡方式？我想買萊昂-

My grandpa took1 day to make the frame

i don't have a big lion dance but I created dragon dance

雖然醒獅札作源於大陸 但大陸d獅頭工業製造 幾百年都沒進步過 反而香港獅每個獅頭既觀賞同畫工都係獨特既藝術品 👍🏼

I still dont understand how is that a lion