In general, the lion dance is a Chinese traditional dance. The lion dance is not same as dragon dance. People usually think the lion dance is similar to the dragon dance. The easiest way to tell how difference of lion dance and dragon dance is lion dance is operated by two people but the dragon dance needs many people.
People believe that the lion dance was developed from India. There are different colors of the lions for different cultures.For example, The northern lion is usually yellow orange and red with red bow on the lion head to indicate male lion, or green bow for a female lion.
How about Japanese lion?
In fact, Japanese lion was developed from China and India. The shows always use in The festivals such as Shinto festival. The colors of Japanese lion are green and white. Shinto festival is the important festival in Japan. In the festival, Japanese people show respect to their gods, so they use the lion to be a symbol of honor.
Sometimes, I saw the lion dance in the events in Bangkok such as Chinese New Year day. There are the symbol of the fortune. People usually give the money to the lion.
Japanese lionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_dance and http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/index.html
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