Roaring With the Lion Dancers of New York’s Chinatown

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

Комментарии • 115

  • @hinatananase621
    @hinatananase621 7 лет назад +120

    As a part of Chinese class, during the Chinese lunar festival for the lion dance, I played the tail. It was really fun too :)

  • @honda197056
    @honda197056 7 лет назад +8

    I absolutely love this channel and all the grate content. This is my favorite so far. Please keep up the great work.

  • @tomek1678
    @tomek1678 7 лет назад +73

    I love these... wait, what?? Lion?? I always thought it was a dragon... TIME TO LEARN!!

    • @CrystalJiang
      @CrystalJiang 7 лет назад +29

      actually, there's both lion and dragon dancing, but dragon dancing needs a lot more people

    • @lisaishere0919
      @lisaishere0919 7 лет назад

      tomytomtom1 we use the broad term 舞(dance)龍(dragon)舞(dance)獅(lion) to mean both dragon and lion dance

    • @wongfeihung1847
      @wongfeihung1847 7 лет назад +6

      Lion dance has two people to coordinate, Dragon dance has more than two, usually about nine!

    • @coolspot18
      @coolspot18 7 лет назад +2

      There is a Dragon Dance too - it's a larger variant of the Lion Dance. You don't see Dragon Dances in North America often tho.

  • @weii_out9346
    @weii_out9346 7 лет назад +48

    Dragon and Lion dances are both two completely different things

    • @lynox908
      @lynox908 4 года назад +2

      i’m pretty sure us asians know

    • @yourdog6412
      @yourdog6412 3 года назад

      YES

    • @Jerry-tc5wp
      @Jerry-tc5wp 3 года назад

      @@lynox908 fr

    • @badpasters
      @badpasters 8 месяцев назад

      @@lynox908yea but non asians can't tell the difference

  • @hhdeng
    @hhdeng 6 лет назад +1

    i think its awesome that there is a female who is leading or involve in the lion dance community... not to say there isn't any girls in your typical lion dance troupe but for her to be an instructor as well is quite amazing... she must of been doing this in her early childhood... it tastes a long long time before one can really be qualify to be an instructor or master in the troupe... good for her...

  • @guardians76
    @guardians76 7 лет назад

    I'm so glad to see more publicity around lion dance. As a millenials kung fu practitioner and lion dancer it's great to see other young people practice tradition... And no it's not a dragon!

  • @donkeykongkong9409
    @donkeykongkong9409 7 лет назад +1

    I love these culture videos because it enlightens me about the world and the human customs!

  • @sappy.3xe
    @sappy.3xe 7 лет назад +12

    I was always scared of the dragons when I was a kid. Now I'm fascinated. I love visiting Chinatown and seeing this.

  • @lilPopper
    @lilPopper 6 лет назад +3

    I notice that none of the lion heads eyes are not dotted red. Didn't each lion head go though the eye dotting ceremony?

  • @aristophanechay3371
    @aristophanechay3371 7 лет назад +5

    0:28 Freemason symbol on the right?

    • @ekwaTV
      @ekwaTV 7 лет назад

      Yeah I there was one on the door earlier too.

    • @paingpaingpp
      @paingpaingpp 4 года назад

      Strange

  • @MartinTabanag
    @MartinTabanag 7 лет назад +6

    preserving culture is always amazing. i would love to see lion dances in china. i'll get there someday and hopefully make a mini documentary about it.

    • @felixchen1718
      @felixchen1718 3 года назад

      I got to see a really long dragon that would have the roads blocked off as it was a massive event every year until I moved. It's always a really fun thing to see, and I hope you could see the ones in china were they jump from pole to pole, its really fun.

  • @judymoy217
    @judymoy217 6 лет назад

    Really great video. I love that she's the instructor! In the past, lion dancing was males only.

  • @lincan4108
    @lincan4108 7 лет назад +5

    in Indonesia we call it barongsai

  • @bryantchen4474
    @bryantchen4474 7 лет назад

    i was across the park where they were filming

  • @browniebearyt151
    @browniebearyt151 7 лет назад +37

    I thought this was dragon dancing... Are you Lion to me?

    • @gnarlysage3449
      @gnarlysage3449 7 лет назад +2

      BrownieBear YT I appreciate you

    • @wongfeihung1847
      @wongfeihung1847 7 лет назад +10

      Lion dance and Dragon dance are separate. Lion Dance has two people to coordinate, Dragon Dance has more than two. But there is both.

    • @keonanguyen9925
      @keonanguyen9925 5 лет назад +1

      dragons are the ones on the sticks.

  • @humanbean6815
    @humanbean6815 7 лет назад +5

    20 something years old

    • @dennischan1349
      @dennischan1349 7 лет назад +2

      Asian women don't like to reveal their actual age, it's a cultural thing.

  • @ry8729
    @ry8729 7 лет назад +8

    Help me understand this. Why would anyone click on a thumb-down button for this? Does this video in any way offend them???

    • @douglaslin6190
      @douglaslin6190 7 лет назад +3

      In this day and age, there is bound to be someone offended by everything.

    • @gracesantoli6139
      @gracesantoli6139 7 лет назад +1

      It’s inaccurate

    • @kys6701
      @kys6701 7 лет назад +3

      Not really, but they plaster these people as if they're the best of the best, they're not that good, it's just that they speak good English and know how to advertise.

    • @gracesantoli6139
      @gracesantoli6139 7 лет назад

      R Y well, yeah, it’s really inaccurate and yeah...

  • @C41VE
    @C41VE 3 года назад +1

    Modern lion dance vs traditional lion dance

  • @mjhaunting
    @mjhaunting 7 лет назад

    That's so cool!

  • @boogergoober899
    @boogergoober899 6 лет назад

    On chinease newyear when I was probably 8 or 7 years old, I had this in my school. The lion dancers were climbing on a very tall pole lol it was shaking

  • @invictus1554
    @invictus1554 7 лет назад

    THATS MY COUSINNNN! I'm so surprised! Good job!👍🤗

    • @hawksfan3
      @hawksfan3 4 года назад

      Are they still with the club?

  • @coffeeder
    @coffeeder 4 года назад

    WHERE is your school for lion dance located in chinatown?

  • @Coolmancomnotreal
    @Coolmancomnotreal 8 месяцев назад

    What team

  • @gracesantoli6139
    @gracesantoli6139 7 лет назад +3

    A lot of this info isn’t true. I walked into my team practice for the first time and pick up a lion head and now after about 5-6 months I’m one of the better lion dancers on my team.

  • @StateBiscuit
    @StateBiscuit 7 лет назад

    Love me some multi culture.

  • @jinsakai5307
    @jinsakai5307 6 лет назад

    Are there any lion style in kung fu?

  • @jacksonkirkpatrick8174
    @jacksonkirkpatrick8174 7 лет назад

    almost at 1 million subs

  • @GiantMonsterBattleRoyale
    @GiantMonsterBattleRoyale 2 месяца назад

    hi friend🤗 am a friend of lion dance

  • @thisisdats7388
    @thisisdats7388 7 лет назад +1

    in indonesia we called that "Barong Sai"

    • @ttw06090
      @ttw06090 7 лет назад

      Renalldo Tirta Imanuel I think that's from the chinese dialect Bu Leng Sai, or Wu Long Shi in Mandarin

  • @chiseledhead5297
    @chiseledhead5297 7 лет назад +1

    didn't know Aph China was a lion dancer

  • @anotherfool9278
    @anotherfool9278 7 лет назад +40

    This is really cool. But it's not lost in America, it's just not part of the American culture. But really what is our culture? I guess whatever another culture isn't, is our culture lol
    But I hope this spreads and becomes popular. Also what's with Asian cultures and training for years before beginning the first step. 1 year before holding the head? Damn guys lol

    • @tomek1678
      @tomek1678 7 лет назад +9

      American doesnt have many cultures of it own because it's made of many different cultures. Beautiful!!

    • @LucidFL
      @LucidFL 7 лет назад +2

      That means America does have its own culture, one massive culture consisting of many unique ones blended together.

    • @anotherfool9278
      @anotherfool9278 7 лет назад +2

      From what I see, America doesn't have a distinct culture. That is because we encourage others to keep their cultures and bring them into our country and stick with them. Our melting pot is no longer melting, just adding more ingredients. I have heard a lot of people say "I am not American I am such and such". But why is it so bad to be American when you live in America?

    • @esbsinoweaib
      @esbsinoweaib 7 лет назад +3

      a year doesn't seem that long tbh. since they have multiple routines to learn and stances/forms to nail before actually preparing to perform. not to mention the physical strain would hurt like hell if you just jumped in without taking time to prepare and build your body

    • @anotherfool9278
      @anotherfool9278 7 лет назад

      but all Americans do have culture, just a lot of people don't adapt to the american culture. and a time limit isn't earning anything. what if you still suck at the end of the year or are amazing 2 months in? what if 415City, what if? XD

  • @user-fn1nt1su5m
    @user-fn1nt1su5m 7 лет назад +8

    wait till you see the ones that step on high ass poles then youll be shocked

    • @gracesantoli6139
      @gracesantoli6139 6 лет назад +2

      lol no, they not shocking. they just require training

  • @raisabugas4204
    @raisabugas4204 4 года назад

    Good. Lion. Dance

  • @anhoangvo3524
    @anhoangvo3524 2 года назад

    I am doing lion dance for my karate

  • @markanthonyanims9194
    @markanthonyanims9194 7 лет назад

    early squad where you at?

  • @CrispyChris88
    @CrispyChris88 4 года назад

    I got a lion less than 1 year

  • @steiy09
    @steiy09 3 года назад

    i want to do a Chinese lion dance ;-;

  • @LinDusty
    @LinDusty 7 лет назад

    I was the lion dancer for my Chinese school long ago :/

  • @anthonygomes8523
    @anthonygomes8523 7 лет назад +2

    0:51 wrong way to hold the lion head.

    • @kolbybui5317
      @kolbybui5317 7 лет назад

      you can hold the lion head however feels comfortable :)

    • @gracesantoli6139
      @gracesantoli6139 7 лет назад +2

      Their chamber is way to far forward and they are not deep enough

  • @negius7237
    @negius7237 7 лет назад

    I do lion dancing too xD

  • @edwinagustian4769
    @edwinagustian4769 7 лет назад

    strong woman.

  • @felixy6223
    @felixy6223 7 лет назад

    Rawr.

  • @vigneshmuthukumar8001
    @vigneshmuthukumar8001 7 лет назад

    i thought it was dragon dancing

    • @lacatan6664
      @lacatan6664 7 лет назад +1

      dragon dancing's also a thing, but its the one with the dragon mounted on sticks

  • @venomsmoke585
    @venomsmoke585 4 года назад

    did you forgot your age because you just said a 20 something year old but are you just 20 or are you 20 with another number

  • @Georgejacked
    @Georgejacked 7 лет назад

    this was so beautiful..

  • @Wishyl
    @Wishyl Месяц назад

    No that is not showing traditional nowadays we do modern

  • @pihromane2
    @pihromane2 7 лет назад

    When i was a kid i thought it was a real like he was eating etc...

  • @thedarkknight4243
    @thedarkknight4243 2 года назад

    is it witchcraft

  • @LemonsRage
    @LemonsRage 7 лет назад +1

    How can you be 20 something years old and be a millenial? For beeing 20 you need to be born atleast in 1997. That is not even close to 2000

    • @Silverizael
      @Silverizael 7 лет назад +4

      "Millennials (also known as Generation Y) are the demographic cohort following Generation X (mostly in western countries). There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years."
      Do note that the kids graduating from high school today are not millenials. They are the next generation, normally referred to as Generation Z.

  • @ndachan6862
    @ndachan6862 7 лет назад

    Your sound like wendy's "with wendy"

  • @jesusgabrielaltunadiaz8008
    @jesusgabrielaltunadiaz8008 6 лет назад

    MASON

  • @TonyPstunts
    @TonyPstunts 7 лет назад +1

    A Masonic lion dance troupe?

  • @StanDMarsh89
    @StanDMarsh89 7 лет назад

    Why the free mason symbol ??

    • @aznjtse
      @aznjtse 7 лет назад +1

      Chinese Freemasons = Heaven and Earth Society, also known as Triads

  • @demlinnalo2030
    @demlinnalo2030 5 лет назад

    🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷

  • @kys6701
    @kys6701 7 лет назад

    They're not even that good. It's just that they speak good English.

  • @huycao6299
    @huycao6299 6 лет назад

    J

  • @mulderscully3707
    @mulderscully3707 7 лет назад

    67th ;)

  • @-enen7930
    @-enen7930 7 лет назад

    since when lion dance ward off evil spirits in the tang dynasty isn't it the lion where people are scared of cuz it eats ppl in the Chinese new year period?

    • @acryingfan9324
      @acryingfan9324 7 лет назад

      wot no fam

    • @pineapplepepperoni
      @pineapplepepperoni 7 лет назад +1

      tan hui en it's different. This lion called 'ba rong sai', the one who scared and eat people during the chinese new year is called 'nián'
      well that's what i know

  • @TheDeciderGod
    @TheDeciderGod 7 лет назад

    I bet she is 29 turning 30.... 20 something millenial lol good choice of words

  • @gracesantoli6139
    @gracesantoli6139 6 лет назад

    this team doesn’t have great head movement

  • @jeffreydesich6415
    @jeffreydesich6415 7 лет назад +6

    first

  • @CrispyChris88
    @CrispyChris88 4 года назад

    LIER

  • @kirkg4930
    @kirkg4930 7 лет назад

    4rth!

  • @lukemclaughlin4247
    @lukemclaughlin4247 7 лет назад

    Not first

  • @hermes5558
    @hermes5558 7 лет назад

    3rd

  • @casidzicom9644
    @casidzicom9644 7 лет назад

    18th

  • @omiris1
    @omiris1 7 лет назад +1

    20 something year old doasent know her own age 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @kathy4251
      @kathy4251 6 лет назад +2

      Im pretty sure she said 20 something because she didnt want to expose her real age

  • @elliemoore680
    @elliemoore680 7 лет назад

    4rt

  • @FeRiiZs
    @FeRiiZs 7 лет назад

    LOL, so much BS.

  • @afzaalptr1068
    @afzaalptr1068 7 лет назад

    first