The Equipment

During the early days, lion costumes is not like what we see today, they look very fierce and rough and not as fine as what we see today it is just like the 2 pictures you see above and also the tail is about 10-15 feet in length. In the early days, the designs of the lion costumes only available on 4 category, The Liu, Kwan, Zhang and Zhao. These names are the names of the 3 kingdom warrior. Liu Bei, Kwan Gung, Zhang Fei, and also Zhao Zhi Long. Traditional lion heads only have this 4 variety in colour nothing more than that.

LIU BEI – The Colourful Lion with White Fur
KWAN GUNG - The Red Face Lion with Black Fur
ZHANG FEI – The Black Face Lion with Black Fur
ZHAO ZHI LONG – The Green Face Lion with White Fur

Liu Bei -----------------------------------Kwan Gung

Zhang Fei----------------------------------Zhao Zhi Long

The Lion Head revolution really hit a great revolution when Malaysians learn the art of building lion heads. Malaysians are the first to use sheep fur to replace brushy eyelash and also moustache. Besides the laser paper lion skin also starts in Malaysia. One of the most popular laser paper lion heads are the Gold and the Silver once. Besides it is also available in red, green, blue, and purple.




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Laser Paper Skin

The another great changes of lion costume is the southern lion, northern lion costume style because its tail has changed from 15 feet to 7 feet in length plus it also comes with a pants and claws. In the early days of the art, this only available in the northern lion dance style.

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Please Note : The dance that you are watching is not
HOKSAN STYLE dancing, only the head is Hoksan Lion Head.
Hoksan style is not like. More About Hoksan, I might
discuss further in the coming topics.