History of Lion Dance

Hello my friend all set history, this time connecting from my previous post on the History of Chinese New Year celebrations, where the celebration of Chinese New Year is synonymous with the existence of a typical dance called the Lion Dance. What is Lion Dance? Why lion called? What about history? Well, for that on this occasion will discuss thoroughly the set of History of Art History Barongsai this.

Lion Dance Art History

Arts Lion Dance is a dance performance typical of China and Chinese communities were already legendary. Ahead of Chinese New Year, Lion Dance performances we can find in many places. Dozens, even scores of people that make up the lion or dragon snaking follow typical wasp music, spawned its own appeal.

People's China is known to have a high cultural roots. Likewise, the Lion Dance which has been known for thousands of years. Wikipedia notes the first dance of the Lion Dance dance can be traced to Chin Dynasty, around the third century BC.

Arts Lion Dance became popular in the South-North dynasty (Nan Bei) years 420-589 AD. At that time the army of the king of Song Wen Di overwhelmed troops attack the elephant king of country Fan Yang Lin Yi. A warlord named Zhong Que create artificial dolls lion king fan to dissipate force it. Apparently the effort was successful until legendary lion dance.

The dance consists of two main types namely the Northern Lions have curly mane and four legs. North Lions look more natural, like a lion. While the song is kind of a southern lion with scales and a number of legs varies between two and four. Lions Head South also features Tandi so sometimes like animals called Kilin.

Movement two is also different types of lions. South Lions further highlight the movement of his head hard and bobbing to follow the beat of gongs and drums. While North Lions tend agile and full of dynamics because it has four legs.

The main movement of the lion dance Lion Dance is a movement taking envelopes containing money called Lay See. At the top of the envelope usually plastered vegetable watercress lion symbolizes reward. See Lay The process takes approximately half of all lion dance.

Lion dance in Indonesia is estimated to the 17th century when there was a mass migration from South China. Lion dance in Indonesia is rampant when there are gatherings Tion Hoa Hwe Koan. At that time every gathering in different areas certainly have a bevy of lion.

But in the year 1965 after the eruption of G30SPKI art is stopped because of the political situation. Changes in the political situation in Indonesia in 1998 to revive the art of Chinese lion dance and other cultures.