舞狮,俗称耍狮子或狮子会,就是以人装扮狮子形象、表演其动作的一种舞蹈。据历史资料显示,舞狮,始于汉,盛于唐。《后汉书》载,汉景帝时西域小国月氏国贡狮子,时称“狻猊”。从那时起,人们就模仿雄健、威武的狮子形象和动作翩翩起舞,逐步形成了狮舞,喜日庆典以此为乐,期望驱魔辟邪,故有“辟邪狮子”之称。 Lion dance, commonly known as playing lion or a lion, is a dance in which people act as lion figures and perform their movements. According to historical data, lion dance, began in the Han, Sheng Tang. “The Later Han Dynasty” contains the King of the Western Kingdoms when the kingdom of Western Zhou Dynasty tribute lion, said “狻 猊 ”. From then on, people danced and emulated the mighty and mighty lion images and movements and gradually formed the lion dance. The celebration of the happy day was a pleasure and the exorcism was expected to exorcise the evil. Therefore, it is called “evil lion”.