1.There were a lot of disasters in the past in China. Once there was an
animals with one horn. When it appeared and the disaster suddenly
disappeared. People, then, called it as “a year animal”. When it appeared,
it made a great noise. As a result, the animal brought people good luck.
Thereafter, when people celebrated, they made an animal like this with
bamboo. They added some bright colors on it. When the animal danced, people
also played drums. This could bring good luck to people.
2.In Tang Dynasty, one of the emperors had a dream one night and saw a
celebration in the dream. He saw an animal like a lion dancing in front of
him. The animal had a bright color and danced with heavy beats which were
played by drums and cymbals. When he woke up, he ordered his servants to have
a similar performance. After that, people called it “lion dancing”.
3.According to the historical books, the lion dancing originated from Han
Dynasty. One of the emperors adopted the dancing to welcome ambassadors
coming from the West. The dancers wore masks to act as animals except lions.
The ambassadors found that there was no lions in China. They decided to
deliver a pair of lions as a gift to the Chinese emperor. The lion feeders
brought lions to China via the Silk Road. Thereafter, the lion dancing
started in Han Dynasty.
4.In China, there was an old city where was surrounded by heavy jungles. In
these jungles, there were many wolves which endangered animals and human
beings. People heard this incident and got scared. One night, many wolves
flocked into the city. At the moment, there was a ray of golden light in the
sky. An animal wearing long hair opened its mouth wide and made a loud shout.
Suddenly, it became windy. A flock of male lions appeared in the sky and
rushed towards the wolves. For a while, all the wolves were eliminated. After
that, people were inspired that many lion faces and tails were manufactured.
They, then, waved these faces and tails to threaten the wolves in the
jungles. People also used drums to match the lion dancing. Thereafter, all
the wolves disappeared. After this incident, people adopted the lion dancing
to celebrate during festivals. They hoped that the lion dancing would bring
them having rich harvests and becoming wealthy. People started to have lion
dancing on the stage which became a kind of entertainment. The lion dancing
became popular in China. So, this old city is known as the city of “lion”.
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