During Chinese New Year, Grand openings of shops and other auspicious occasions, the Chinese like to invite Lion Dance performers to their house as it is believed that the lion signifies courage, stability and superiority. The lion’s dance is performed to chase away ghosts and evil spirits. The dance is accompanied by clashing cymbals, a gong and drums as noise is said to scare away demons. The music follows the moves of the lion, the drum follows the lion, the cymbals and the gong follow the drum player. If you look closely, you will find a mirror attached to the head of the lion. The presence of the mirror is to get rid of negative energy, evil and bad spirits, since negative energy would be reflected backwards, evil spirit would be frightened by their own appearance when looking into the mirror and hence would disappear.
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