"Love gives me the courage to break prejudices".
There are north and south lion dances, and the southern lion is also known as the lion awakening.
Guangdong, Guangzhou"Girls Awakening Lion Team".
It is composed of a group of post-05 girls.
How they danced the head of a lion weighing more than a dozen pounds.
Competing with the lads?
Let's take a look at the story behind it.
In our country, there is a distinction between north and south.
North of the Yangtze RiverNorthern Lion
In the Lingnan area, it isSouthern Lion, also known as the lion awakening.
Zhang Zheliang, coach of the Guangzhou Nanxing Hexing Hall Lion Dance Team, introduced.
The lion dance was formerly known as the "Rui Lion".
But "Rui" is the same as "sleep" in Cantonese.
"So we say 'sleep,' no
to wake it up".
The lion dance is exaggerated.
You can perform a lot of demeanor.
The pattern on its face.
It is often referred to the face mask in the play for design.
The lion's head can weigh up to a dozen catties.
In traditional lion dance, there are very few women.
Raise the lion's head and put on a lion dance.
Be mighty and strong.
In order to drive away the ** thing.
And everyone thinks that girls are weaker."
The leader of the lion dance team of Guangzhou Nanxing Hexing Hall.
Yu Weizhao recalled.
In 2018, there were only seven or eight boys dancing on the Lions.
Understaffed. At that time, several girls saw the Lions training.
I think it's very interesting.
Join the training team.
However, many people are still prejudiced against female lion dancers.
In 2019, when they went door-to-door to pay New Year's greetings.
Some people expressed dissatisfaction with the female players on the field.
It is believed that "lion dance is passed on to men but not to women".
This incident angered the six female members of the team.
Team leader Yu Weizhao said.
Those 6 girls found me at the same time.
I said, 'Do you want to start a women's team?'"
The six of them said yes in unison."
Since then, the Nanxing Hexing Hall Lion Dance Team.
The Women's Lion Dance Team was formed
To prove that girls can also dance lion.
The women's lion dance team rarely performs.
It's about training and waiting for transformation.
In July 2021, Hexingtang Women's Lion Dance Team.
Won the 2nd Chinese National "Southern Lion Drum King" Competition.
Champion of the women's standard category.
Since then, they have won a succession of honors.
On the eve of the Chinese New Year in the Year of the Dragon.
Guangzhou Maofeng Mountain held a youth lion dance competition.
13 lions and 23 lions teams.
Compete in the same game. 
17-year-old Li Jiawen and 15-year-old Li Jiayu.
It is a pair of sister flowers.
She is also a member of the Nanxing Hexingtang Women's Lion Dance Team.
They served separately in the competition.
Single lion'sLion's headand the lionsLion's tail
In order to overcome the fear in the hearts of the players.
Yu Weizhao let the team membersClimb the pole
"I'm going to force them to overcome their demons."
Li Jiawen recalled that she was before the game.
I don't train well on one leg, and "my mentality is a little broken".
Because of long hours of training.
She had scars on her hands and legs.
This was originally a blister.
When turning the lion's head, the hand will keep grinding the stick.
It's going to be like this.
When the wound heals and continues to train, it will crack open again.
But I don't care much about the injuries.
It doesn't matter if there are a few more".
On the day of the competition, the girls made a stunning appearance.
Show your strength in the cheers of the audience.
Eventually, they won.
The first place in the group of lions in any age group.
Li Jiawen said. "Now I have the results to prove myself
It's love that gives me the courage to break prejudices
We will take what we have learned from the master
Teach it to the next generation and pass it on."
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