Zengcheng Pixiu Dance
The Pixiu dance originated from Wuchuan County, Guangdong Province, and spread in western Guangdong and Zengcheng City, Guangzhou. It is said to have started in the Ming Dynasty. Pixiu is a kind of fierce beast with a lion head and a tiger body in folk legends. The style of this dance is a combination of hardness and softness, with hardness as the main feature. Through overlapping human bodies and high-altitude dancing, acrobatic performance techniques are used to greatly increase the sense of space of the dance. It has the characteristics of being strange, dangerous and interesting. It is a folk square festive dance. Dancing Pixiu is a performance activity that the local Hakka people must hold on weddings, New Year's Day, and even on the completion ceremony of a unit, opening a shop, and building a new house. In addition to expressing the intention of celebrating auspiciousness and praying for good luck, it also contains the meaning of exorcising evil spirits. Zengcheng Pixiu dance has distinct characteristics. In addition to the long "cat body", its round head has a monkey face, which looks like a cat head from a distance. Zengcheng Pixiu dance has a variety of characters, including Pixiu, Big Head Buddha (also known as Sha Monk), and Monkey (also known as Sun Monkey). (No pictures available, please provide them.) (No pictures available, please provide them.)