So visitors would see the lion in red or in green from time to time, and the colors express different emotions.
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而舞狮就需要击鼓,因此一张未经装饰的牛皮鼓原型被置于南狮白胚之下,二者成套出现。
Beatings of drum is necessary when performing a lion dance, so a primitive leather drum prototype is placed under the white body of the Chinese Southern lion, they appear as one set.
Southern lion dancing, which originated in Guangzhou, is more symbolic. It is usually performed as a ceremony to scare away evil spirits and to summon good luck and fortune.