Under Water LIon --- Dance : 2019 Chinese New Year - CNY is ON !!! Tuesday Feb,5th 2019
舞狮 （中国民间艺术）
舞狮，是中国优秀的民间艺术，每逢佳节或集会庆典，民间都以舞狮来助兴。舞狮有南北之分，南方以广东的舞狮表演最为有名。狮子是由彩布条制作而成的，每头狮子有两个人合作表演，一人舞头，一人舞尾。表演者在锣鼓音乐下，装扮成狮子的样子，做出狮子的各种形态动作。在表演过程中，舞狮者要以各种招式来表现南派武功，非常富有阳刚之气。
急：则是每拍之间鼓点数多。
缓：则是每拍之间鼓点少。
停：各种击打乐不响停止一拍以上
南狮比赛
南狮比赛种类可分为高椿狮艺竞赛和传统狮艺竞赛，其中较主流的为高椿狮艺的比赛。马来西亚、中国大陆、香港、澳门和美国等地，每年都会举办世界性的醒狮大赛。而较有著名的国际比赛有两年一度在马来西亚举行的云顶世界狮王争霸赛。
The Chinese New Year 2019 is on Tuesday, Feb 5th, 2019.
It is customary for people with Chinese heritage to celebrate by taking time off from work and enjoy the time off with family.
It is a bit like the Christmas & Thanksgiving combined together for the Chinese. In China, it is common for people to take up to 15 days off for this festive season.
Chinese Americans, which includes American-born Chinese, are Americans who have full or partial Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is a further subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans are immigrants along with their descendants from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan,[5] as well as from other regions that include large populations of the Chinese diaspora, especially Southeast Asia and some Western countries like Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and France.
The Chinese American community is the largest overseas Chinese community outside Asia. It is also the third largest community in the Chinese diaspora, behind the Chinese communities in Thailand and Malaysia. The 2016 Community Survey of the US Census estimates a population of Chinese Americans of one or more races to be 5,081,682. [6] The Chinese American community comprises the largest ethnic group of Asian Americans, comprising 25.9% of the Asian American population as of 2010. Americans of Chinese descent, including those with partial Chinese ancestry, constitute 1.5% of the total U.S. population as of 2017. According to the 2010 census, the Chinese American population numbered approximately 3.8 million.[7] In 2010, half of the Chinese-born people living in the United States resided in the states of California and New York.[8]
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 honor special guests by the Chinese communities.
Hotel Room Tour: Shen Zhen Hotel, Beijing, China. June 2013.
We stayed there for 4 nights, and it was simply wonderful. Please watch the room tour for more info.