1, performance range:

The performance range of dancing Kirin is relatively small. Kirin dancing was originally just a performing art in the palace, and it was usually performed in various royal celebrations. Later, through the continuous development and evolution of history, it gradually spread from the palace to the people in the late Ming Dynasty.

Lion dancing is more common. In daily life, such as the opening of a new store or a happy event, people will invite the lion dance team to perform. Lion dance can better set off a lively atmosphere.

2. Development history:

Dancing Kirin has a history of more than 2,500 years in China. From the initial totem and belief, it gradually entered the field of literature, and finally moved towards plastic arts and performing arts. Lion dance originated in the Three Kingdoms period and was popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of 1000 years.

Aesthetic value:

With people's love for lions, they are no longer satisfied with the static artistic image of lions in doorways, eaves, stone fences, seals and New Year pictures. They wanted the lion to live, so they created a dance that imitated the lion's behavior, and then improved it and developed it into a unique art of the Chinese nation.

"Kirin Dance" is the earliest animal dance in China. It is a rare totem dance of the Chinese nation, which originated before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It has precious research value in the history of national dance. Like dragon dance, it bears the spirit, belief, value orientation and aesthetic taste of the Chinese nation, and has special significance in the study of ethnology, folklore and religion.

The image of Kirin has a history of 2500 years. It was originally a totem, a belief. Later, it developed into philosophical significance and entered the field of literature. Finally, the plastic arts and performing arts became ceramics, New Year pictures, paper-cutting, clay sculpture, embroidery and gold? Jade, architecture, sculpture and other artistic creation materials. With the development of Kirin culture, it is more prominently manifested as Kirin dance. ?

It combines music, dance, arts and crafts and acrobatics, which has both aesthetic appreciation value and literary, religious, folk-custom and historical research value. It is a precious property left by ancestors to Chinese descendants.