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During the Spring Festival or other celebrations, our folk are popular lion dance. In bursts of drums and firecrackers, several large lions joy jump, added to a number of festive, lively atmosphere. Lion dance in China has a long history. Records of the Lion Dance, first seen in "Han Yue-chi", which refers to "Elephant Man", according to three people when MENG Kang Wei explains that "Elephant Man" is to take the fish, shrimp, lions artists. Thus, at the latest when the three countries have the lion dance has. Northern and Southern Dynasties, the public is also popular lion dance. In the Tang dynasty, the lion dance has developed into hundreds of large-scale song and dance group performances were also in court as Yan dance music show, called "Peace Music", also called "five-party Lion Dance." At that time the lion dance, but also spread to Japan. Japan, a "letter of the Western Classical Music Chart" in Japan on the art of ancient music for dance scenes, similar to the Tang Dynasty, but much smaller. After the Tang Dynasty, the lion dance in the civil widespread. Song, "recorded in Tokyo Dreams," recorded that some temples in the festive opening Lions Club, Lions on the practice of monks sit in something, preaching to attracting visitors. Ming Zhang Dai, "Tao Dream Recollection", the introduction of the Zhejiang Festival of Lights, the streets, gongs and drums sounded, everything was clustered around the grand watch the lion dance.