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  2. Lion dance - Wikipedia

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    Details of the Song dynasty painting "One Hundred Children Playing in the Spring" (百子嬉春图页) by Su Hanchen showing children performing the Lion dance. There has been an old tradition in China of dancers wearing masks to resemble animals or mythical beasts since antiquity, and performances described in ancient texts such as Shujing where wild beasts and phoenix danced may have been ...

  3. History of Chinese dance - Wikipedia

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    All the music is synchronous with the movements in Lion dances. There are two main forms of the Chinese lion dance, the Northern Lion and Southern Lion. The Northern Lion looks more lifelike whereas the Southern Lion is less lifelike, but it holds more power. [92] A form of the lion dance is also found in Tibet where it is called the Snow Lion ...

  4. List of dance in China - Wikipedia

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    Han Chinese Wushi (舞狮) or Shiziwu (獅子舞) [4] Southern Lion dance Present Han Chinese Northern Lion dance Present Heavenly Tower Lion Dance (天塔狮舞; Tianta shiwu) Present Tea dance [8] Tea picking dance (採茶舞; Caicha wu) Present Fujian [4] Tea lantern dance Present Yangge (秧歌; lit. 'Rice Sprout Song'); also known as ...

  5. Dance in China - Wikipedia

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    Among the best-known of the Chinese traditional dances are the dragon dance and lion dance, and both dances were known in earlier dynasties in various forms. A form of lion dance similar to today's lion dance was described as early as the Tang dynasty, the modern form of the dragon dance, however, may be a more recent development. Dragon dance

  6. Dragon and lion dance at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games

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    1.2 Northern lion. 1.3 Southern lion. 2 Medal table. ... Dragon and lion dance at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games; ... Chinese Taipei Chang Chi-shan

  7. Dragon and lion dance at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games

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    1.2 Northern lion. 1.3 Southern lion. 2 Medal table. ... Dragon & Lion dance at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games was held at Nguyễn Du Gymnasium, ... Song Xiaoguang

  8. Chinese variety art - Wikipedia

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    Each lion suit usually has two performers. Below is a list of performances available in the variety art. Some are more standard, while others are more regional. There is always new innovation taking place. Lion dance on top of rolling globes or balls; Tightrope walking; Contortion acrobatics; Balancing act while playing Chinese yo-yo

  9. Yangge - Wikipedia

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    'Rice Sprout Song') is a form of Chinese folk dance developed from a dance known in the Song dynasty as Village Music (村田樂). [1] It is very popular in northern China and is one of the most representative form of folk arts. It is popular in both the countryside and cities in northern China. It is especially popular among older people.