Lion dance is a folk dance item in the first batch of representative items of municipal intangible cultural heritage in Lianyungang. Lion dance in Donghai County is a folk dance activity that has arisen spontaneously among the people. The main performance forms include: various actions such as door-holding, rolling, climbing, jumping, digging balls, etc., plus the drummers' help, there is a kind of majesty of northern lions. It has been active in Taolin Town, Donghai County and other places since 1860. The Ma clan who met the leader of the Taiping Army when the Taiping Army passed through Taolin in 1860 was a lion dance expert. Lion dance activities appeared in major celebrations such as the Anti-Japanese War, the Spring Festival Opera, and propaganda for anti-Japanese war. In the early days of liberation, the lion dance activist Chu Siyuan led the lion dance team to various places for propaganda activities, which played a certain role in coordinating with the political movement at that time. After the reform and opening up, the Mass Art Association was established. Lion dance is an important activity project, which is popular among the masses and is deeply welcomed by the people. Now Han Yongcai has organized and led this activity. Taolin Lion Dance is the only strong peasant dance in Donghai County, and is also the peasant lion dance team with the longest inheritance and the widest coverage in Lianyungang City.