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The meaning of the lion dance head making

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Lion head making has deep meaning behind them, why they are constructed in certain shapes, sizes, and colour. Here we explain each of them to you: 1. Nose – The nose represents Wealth. That is why the nose is big, and the traditional colour is green. Because in lion dance, it is using the meaning of the same tone. For example, in Cantonese, the sound of green is Luk, which has the same meaning as Wealth. 2. Cheek – The cheek is the area to protect the Wealth. Therefore a…

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Basics of 8 trigrams a.k.a Ba Gua unveiled

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The 8 trigrams, or commonly known as Ba Gua, is one of Ancient China’s symbol. The long line － represents Yang, and the broken line — represents Yin. The combination of 3 such lines forms 8 symbols, known as the 8 trigrams. Each trigram represents something. Picture by : Wikipedia.org The 8 trigrams interrelating with one another forms 64 trigrams. There are 2 arrangements of 8 trigrams, one is Early Heaven, and the other is Later Heaven. Picture by : Wikipedia.org Picture by : Wikipedia.org The trigram in the Early…

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Preserve the Chinese Culture 保留中华传统文化

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Chinese culture survived the longest in history, and our ancestors has done a great work in preserving them for more than 2500 years. How long will our Chinese culture last? The modern world has great influenced on the people today with technologies, movies, entertainment, food, and almost everything in our daily lives. It is slowly taking over the Chinese culture, and in today’s generation, lesser people are aware of Chinese traditions and their roots. Videos on the internet showing lion dance dancing hip-hop, shuffling, are making fun of the Chinese…

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