Lion Dance
If one traces back to the roots and history of lion dance, one would discover that lion, the animal itself, did not exist in China. The "Lion" itself, was a creature that people worshipped as Gods, to rid of sickness and drought. The history of Chinese worshipping animal creatures as Gods can be tracked back all the way to the Han Dynasty.
Dragon Dance
In April 2013, our Association added Dragon Dance to our performance repertoire. We are very honoured to have Dragon Master, Sifu Roger Ting Wan Kee from Singapore Dragon & Lion Dance Association to coach us Fuzhou Style Dragon Dance. In August 2015, we became part of the International Fuzhou Dragon Dance Alliance.
What we do
Book us to perform at your next function. We are available for Corporate events, Shop/Office Openings, Ground Breaking, School performances or workshops, Product launch, weddings, birthdays and anything else you can throw at us!
It was certainly a highlight of the COVIDsafe Eggs-plore Bendigo at Easter for the Bendigo Chinese Association to conduct the four 90 minute (+) shows at the Ulumbarra Theatre – two each on Saturday and Sunday
Doug Lougoon - President, Bendigo Chinese Association (6Apr 2021)
Thank you to all who made this happen!!
Thank you for so willingly and skilfully collaborating with our very different Easter program for 2021 – we hope you enjoyed the ‘theatre experience’ as much as we did
Thank you to all for the many hours of work and practice undertaken leading up to and culminating in this extremely successful event – it certainly will remain as a highlight of ‘Covid times’ for The Bendigo Chinese Association and our treasured friendship with Hong De Lion and Dragon Dance Association