Rushing to the sea: I can see the prompts

Chapter 201 Lion Dance
  In the morning, there were two games in total.

Zhang Yaohua and his village all won and entered the top five for the first time. The village director laughed so hard that he couldn't even see his eyesight.

Their town has a total of fifteen administrative villages and one community, which is the central area of ​​the town. Each administrative village has a basketball team, and the community has five teams this year, for a total of [-] teams.

In the past, three of the top five teams were from the town and neighborhood, which was recognized as the strongest place in basketball.

This year, other villages are working hard, and there is only one single seedling left in the town and street.

This is a rare sight for many years.

The residents of the town streets were also anxious.

Have they become bad, or have other villages become stronger?
  If you don’t make it into the top three, it will be a shame for Dafa this year!
  Next is the drawing of lots, five teams. Here comes something interesting. One of the teams must have taken time off, and the other four teams will play. The two losing teams will play again. If they win, they will play against the team that took time out to earn the top three.

To be honest, even people like Zhang Yaohua who don't watch basketball very much know that there is something wrong with this competition system.

Take a two-hour break at noon and start playing again in the afternoon.

Zhang Yaohua did not continue watching and returned to the village.

At this time, the village has already arranged the venue for the lion dance performance, which is nothing more than setting up some plum blossom stakes.

Before that, the lion dance team will go to every household in the village to send blessings, and everyone will prepare a red envelope. It doesn't matter how much it costs.

"It's begun." Someone saw the lion dance team getting ready.

Dong-qi. Dong-qi. Dong-qi...

The sound of light, fast and joyful drums came.

The lion is happy, happy, blinks, smiles, shakes its head or jumps and turns around, with lunges, horse steps, kneeling or independent steps, etc.

Lion dance is considered a lucky charm to ward off evil spirits and avoid harm. During festivals or major events, lion dance must be performed to add to the fun. It has been passed down from generation to generation.

In addition, lion dance activities are also widely spread in overseas Chinese communities. Wherever there are Chinese, there must be lion dance. This has become an important ceremony to promote the power of the nation and establish the soul of China, as well as a cultural bridge for overseas compatriots to recognize their ancestors. Its cultural value and influence are far-reaching.

We often see lion dance performances at home and abroad on the Internet, and we constantly refresh our knowledge.

The lion dance with plum blossom poles is the most common, but there are also underwater lion dances, and even lion dances in the air. It is almost eye-opening to see lion dances on land, sea and air.

The children in the village followed, scared and curious at the same time, wanting to touch the "lion".

"Don't go watch the lion dance. Go and help set up the stage. We're going to watch a Cantonese opera tonight." Zhang Yaohua said to Ah Zhe and the others.

The lion dance team works very hard, mainly because their employer is generous. Their usual fee for a performance is over one thousand, and during the Chinese New Year it is around one thousand five hundred. And Zhang Yaohua directly gave them [-] yuan to cover them for half a day.

This definitely requires hard work!

Not only did every household go to dance for a minute or two, they even went to each of Zhang Yaohua's fishing boats to dance for about ten minutes. The rest of the time is spent performing on the plum blossom piles that have been set up.

The tourists who stayed in the village finally saw that lion dance is very technical and it is impossible for ordinary people to do it.

Just the action of loading the pile is probably the result of practicing it countless times.

"Damn it! How did they get up there? Especially Lion Tail, did you see clearly?"

"I don't understand, do you know Qinggong?"

I saw the lion's tail rising up with just a slight lift. It was so silky that the onlookers couldn't believe it.

"No wonder the traditional culture of lion dance cannot be stolen even if you want to steal it with a stick."

"Ah? Have you ever stolen a stick?"

"How fresh! How many things have the sticks stolen from us? How shameless are they to apply for World Heritage status? They must also want to steal the lion dance. After all, the influence of the lion dance is so great, the sticks are all over the ground.       However, I heard that They couldn't learn and almost killed several people."

When the people next to him heard this, they burst into laughter.

"It's a pity that our northern lions are in decline." A tourist said regretfully.

As we all know, lion dance is divided into northern and southern schools.

Southern Lion is more popular and more influential. But in fact, the Southern Lion has become slightly different from the lion's appearance. It looks more majestic, more like a mythical beast in ancient legends, and more energetic.

Therefore, the Southern Lion also has the title of Awakening Lion.

Everyone doesn’t know that the Northern Lion is actually closer to a lion, with a simpler head and golden fur all over its body. The lion dancer's pants and shoes will be covered with fur, making him look like a lifelike lion even before dancing.

Northern lions usually appear in pairs of males and females; they are led by their master dressed as a warrior. Sometimes a pair of northern lions will be paired with a pair of small northern lions. The small lion teases the big lion, and the big lion plays for fun, showing the family relationship.

But the Northern Lion performance is closer to juggling.

Of course, don’t underestimate the Northern Lion just because of the word “juggling”.

In fact, the difficulty of the Northern Lion may be greater, which may be one of the reasons for the decline of the Northern Lion.

"If you don't pay attention to it, how can it not decline?"

After discussing the technique of lion dance, they commented on the appearance of the lion, especially the way it blinked.

"This is a Liu Bei lion." A knowledgeable person said.

"What? Liu Bei? Did I hear you correctly? What does lion dancing have to do with Liu Bei?"

A knowledgeable friend said: “The Southern Lion’s head can be divided into Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. The three types of lion heads are not only different in color and decoration, but also the dancing methods are different according to the personalities of the three ancient people.

For example, the red color is the Guan Gong lion, which represents loyalty and victory. Because Guan Yu is also the God of Wealth and Wealth in the minds of the Chinese, the Guan Gong lion also represents wealth.

The yellow color is Liu Bei's lion, which represents benefiting the common people, benevolence and righteousness, and royal nobility. This is the one we saw, it is Liu Bei's lion.

Black is the Zhang Fei lion, which represents domineering and bravery. Therefore, Zhang Fei lion is generally only used in competitions or gymnastics challenges, and we rarely see it. "

Only then did everyone realize that there were so many kinds of southern lions.

During the discussion, the lion's tail suddenly moved to a pile accidentally.

When Lion Head looked back, everyone could clearly see Lion Head's confused expression, and the onlookers laughed out loud on the spot.

However, the next second, the awakening lion leaped past, about two meters away, making everyone present break into a cold sweat. When the awakening lion landed firmly on the plum blossom pile opposite, everyone applauded one after another.

In this situation, Lion Tail might not even be able to see the pile on the opposite side, but he could still stay firmly on his feet.

This is not only about technique, but also about courage.

Who dares to jump over without any courage?

The pile might have been knocked down on purpose, maybe it was a script. But regardless of whether it was done intentionally or not, with their technology there, who can’t help but say it’s awesome?
  "Have you noticed? In fact, the lion's tail is the most powerful."

Everyone pays more attention to the lion head, after all, the lion head is more beautiful. Some people think it would be more difficult to hold up a lion's head. But those who observe carefully will find that the lion's tail is the king.

"Yeah! I can see it, it's really awesome."

This lion dance performance lasted for half an hour, with several thrilling moves performed in the middle, which made the onlookers excited.

(End of this chapter)