The Southern Cantonese Lion

The Southern Cantonese lion style of dancing is very much focus on “The Horse Stance.” Initially, there were 2  schools of Southern Cantonese lion style of dancing. One being the Fut Shan and the other is the Hoksan. However, as time rolled on, the people became more and more creative and they combined certain styles of arts and crafts of Hoksan Lion Dance and Fut Shan Lion Dance together to form the Futthock style. This was created by the Singaporeans. Also, the Jow Ga style was formed in China and Tou Pai sprang up from Hong Kong, both were using the combinations of arts and crafts of Hoksan and Fut Shan. All in all today, there are five types of Lion Dance existing. There are  the  FUT SHAN…,HOKSAN…FUTTHOCK…JOW GA.and  TOU PAI….What’s Next?  May be, one day someone will be the next creator of a new sizzling style to rock the world of Lion Dance.

THE FUT SHAN LION
In the history of  the Southern Lion dance, the Fut Shan Lion was the first Lion to be created in China. It has a high forehead, curved lips and a very sharp horn on its head. Their dance movement are quite rough and their dancing routine involved in  big movements. There are many schools teaching the Fut Shan Lion Dancing style compared to Hoksan.