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       The lion dance is a part of traditional Chinese culture. People often perform at night before the Chinese New Year. They also perform it for 【小题1】 happy occasions. People think the lion dance can bring good luck and 【小题2】.

       There are many different stories about 【小题3】 the lion dance began. One of them is like this: hundreds of years ago, a monster that 【小题4】 Nian came to a village in China. The villagers were so scared that they brought a lion to drive Nian away. A year later, Nian came back again, 【小题5】 this time the lion couldn’t help. Then one of the villagers 【小题6】 that they should make a “lion” by themselves. 【小题7】 “lion” danced, jumped and drove Nian away. For this reason, people began to perform the lion dance before the Spring Festival to drive bad luck away.

       There are two different kinds of lion dances. In the southern lion dance, the dancers try hard to perform 【小题8】 a real lion. Their “lion” may shake its body. The dance can be funny. The other kind is the northern lion dance. It has more martial arts 【小题9】 such as rolling, shaking and jumping. Both kinds are very 【小题10】 to watch, but it takes a lot of practice to perform well.