barongsai

Every time before the Lunar New Year holiday comes, the lion's face colorful calledas barongsai (sometimes also referred to as liongsai) always appear everywhere. Similarly, in Indonesia. Since the era of reform, dance barongsai also often used as the theme of Lunar New Year on television advertising.

Lion dance has a history of thousands of years. The first record of this dance can be traced to the Qin Dynasty around the third century BC. Community Tionghoa believe the lion is the symbol of happiness and pleasure. The lion dance is believed to be a show that can bring good luck, so generally held on a variety of important events such as opening a restaurant, the establishment pagoda, and of course New Year celebrations. Lion dance in general consist of two main types of the North lion and southern lion. Movement between the North and the Lions Southern Lions also different. When the famous South Lions head movements hard and bobbing along with the beat of gongs and drums, the North Lions movements tend to be more agile and dynamic because it has four legs.

One of the major movements of the dance Lion Dance is the movement takes lion envelope filled with cash.(ul)