Hok San Lion Dance 2015 - 2017
Chung Tian Temple Feb 2015 - That's me in the Female Monk costume. It wont be long into your Kung Fu journey when you are introduced to Lion Dance. To be honest I fell in love with it almost immediately. It's actually quite a complex thing with the combination of High Intensity training, new skills, puppetry, acting, dance, music, Chinese culture, performance art and entertainment, these so much to learn and master. I initially started as a tail, which, if you don't have super strong hip flexors its easy to fatigue in that bent over position, however for the 2015 New Year Celebrations I was trained as the Female Monk character. The Monk characters have their own routines and generally start at the front of the Lion line. They act as sort of a guide for the lions, as extra sets of eyes pointing out people with Red envelope gifts and Lettuce locations. The Fan which is used in the routines can also help cool down the performers in the lion suits as it does get quite warm
