The ethnic Han Chinese are nationalistic to the point of being racist. Sorry, I know that isn't politically correct, but it is still true
There have been very serious attempts to either discredit Lion's Roar martial arts based upon their "foreigness" OR to assimilate them and take away their entire NON Han identity
A book in China claims Lion's Roar was founded by Dat Mo in Shaolin! What a joke.
The "Hap Ga" name was because it was better to call it "Patriot's Style" than "foreign religious sect"
However, there is plenty of NON Han influence in the art