It is said that Huangpi's stiff lion originated after the Xuanwumen incident in the Tang Dynasty, meaning to exorcise evil spirits and pray for blessings. The stiff lion is a popular folk activity in huangpi district, Wuhan City, Hubei Province and Xiaogan City, Hubei Province. Originated in the Tang Dynasty, it is a lion dance activity, especially the stiff lion in Huangpi, Wuhan.
Every year on the 13th day of the first month, the lights are turned on in the countryside around Huangpi, and the stiff lions become active. Huangpi people pay attention to the "half-month death year". They don't have to go home for the New Year, but they have to go home for the holidays, just to see the lights and the stiff lions. Some people say that if you don't go home and watch the lights, it will be bad luck in the coming year. Therefore, during the Lantern Festival these days, Huangpi people who live all over the country will come back one after another, and the streets are often jammed.
Brief introduction of Huangpi hard lion in Wuhan
The "stiff lion", also known as the "general lion", is a unique Lantern Festival custom in Huangpi, Wuhan, and is an intangible cultural heritage of Wuhan. Popular in Huangpi and Xiaogan Yangdian in Wuhan, it is an important celebration for local people to worship gods and pray for good weather, prosperity and national security.
"Stiff lion" is Huangpi dialect, which means frozen lion dance. Also known as the lion, it is named after the "dismounting general" in the process of lion dance. The correct names are general and lion, and some are also called general lion, which was later abbreviated because of its popularity. It is a folk activity of Lantern Festival in huangpi district and Xiaonan District of Xiaogan City, and it is a fusion development of Miao lion dance, dragon dance, Chinese New Year custom, Lantern Festival in the Yangtze River basin and lion culture in the north.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Stiff Lion.