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kfman5F
02-21-2011, 04:09 PM
A friend recently demonstrated a lion form and I was wondering – if lions were not native to China, where did this come from? Was it recently made up? What about lion dancing? How did the lion get in there? I have not heard of any other southern styles with a lion form before.

Grasshopper101
02-21-2011, 08:33 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_Lions

Read the part where it explains the influence.