4-21 The Lion Dance

 As we were getting ready to leave the Bamboo Forest and the Pandas, Donald guided us to the empty upstairs of a building where we could observe the lion dance through the trees.  We were too late to find a good spot on ground level.  

First the yellow lion came out.  These costumes are for two people.

Here you can see the guy at the bottom getting ready to life the guy in the front.

Then they look like this.

This team performed only on the ground level.  These guys and gals train for years.

Then the orange team - the pros - came out.

First they performed at ground level.

It was hard to catch them in this position with the people and the trees around.

It was easier to capture the whole experience via video.  The first two videos are almost 2 minutes, the last one 18 seconds.

Lion Dance 1

Lion Dance 2

Lion Dance 3