Vietnamese traditional lion dance | Múa lân | Đông Sơn, Đông Hưng | Travel vlog by Meigo Märk

Vietnamese traditional lion dance múa lân 🦁
The oldest temple of our village became a national heritage of Vietnam. To celebrate that there were a big parade and many dances and singing.
Meigo Märk vlog on January 1, 2021, filmed in Đông Sơn village in Đông Hưng District of Vietnam

𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗨𝗖𝗛 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚! 🙏🏻
𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 🔽
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Vietnamese lion dance
The lion dance is known in Vietnam as the unicorn dance (Vietnamese: múa lân) based on the mythical creature kỳ lân, which is similar to the Chinese Qilin. Most lions in Vietnam resemble the Southern Lion, specifically Fut San (Buddha Mountain) style – they are part of the Chinese Southern Lion tradition but have acquired local characteristics. In the past, costumes more similar to the Qilin were used, but today, many tropes buy lion costumes from China, unaware of the subtle differences that set the Lion Dance and Qilin Dance apart.[citation needed] There are however also distinct local forms that differ significantly in appearance and performance, for example the lion dances of the Tay and Nung minority people. A court version of the dance is performed at the Duyet Thi Duong Theatre within the ground of the royal palace in Huế.

Lion Dance is a folk art originated from China, was born more than 1,500 years ago. According to the footprint of the United settle on new lands including Vietnam.
Art unicorn dance performances often appear in various festivals, symbolizing prosperity, prosperous, happy and everything in favorable years.
Style oldest dance is dancing unicorn. First there are 3 main types unicorn: describe the formation, the formation of aggressive tiger image. Small loudness of his head and phosphate phosphorus depending on the size of the dragon dance. But the scale design, materials, aesthetics depends on the financial capacity of the organization.
Lan brought many countenances: White, yellow, red, blue, black. The three most popular lion head is white, red and black. Three head lion dance often together, symbolizing the “Taoyuan twinning” is Lan yellow face, white beard (Liu Bei), Lan red face black beard (Quan Van Truong) and nearby black face, black beard (Zhang Fei ).

In the process of performing a lion dance, drumming plays a key role. When unicorn dancing: beat fast, easy litmus: slow drum rhythm, sleep easy: beat sparse and light, easy to wake up: throbbing drum beats, easy pass obstacles and grab the flag, grab the money in his mouth: drumming fast , reliable, continuously … He can address a very important role and easy to impress as local movements hello, do not address, took place nearby.
According to ancient Vietnamese history, the unicorn made its first appearance about 600 AD. The unicorn, like the dragon, is a mythological animal and tradition has it that wherever a unicorn appears, people will have peace, happiness and prosperity.
The unicorn ( Ly or Lan ) is an incredible animal invented by Sino-Vietnamese imagination. The unicorn brings to mind the English griffin; it is represented with the body of an antelope, the feet of a horse, and the tail of a buffalo; and on the head of the male unicorn, there is a single horn, the extremity of which is covered with an excrescence of flesh. The unicorn is considered as the symbol of intelligence and goodness, and appears only on very special occasions.

Lion dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and other Asian countries in which performers mimic a lion’s movements in a lion costume to bring good luck and fortune. The lion dance is usually performed during the Chinese New Year and other Chinese traditional, cultural and religious festivals. It may also be performed at important occasions such as business opening events, special celebrations or wedding ceremonies, or may be used to honour special guests by the Chinese communities.
The Chinese lion dance is normally operated by two dancers, one of whom manipulates the head while the other forms the rear end of the lion. It is distinguishable from the dragon dance which is performed by many people who hold the long sinuous body of the dragon on poles. Chinese lion dance fundamental movements can be found in Chinese martial arts, and it is commonly performed to a vigorous drum beat.
There are two main forms of the Chinese lion dance, the Northern Lion and the Southern Lion. Both forms are commonly found in China, but around the world especially in South East Asia, the Southern Lion predominates as it was spread by the Chinese diaspora communities who are historically mostly of Southern Chinese origin. Versions of lion dance related to the Chinese lion are also found in Japan, Korea, Tibet and Vietnam. Other forms of lion dance exist around the world, for example Singa Barong in Indonesian culture.

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