“Every village is guarded by a lion.” If the legend were true, the lion of the Dalongdong Gold Lion Dance Group, founded more than two hundred years ago, should be a “veteran” village guardian. One of the most distinguishable feature of the old timer is its earless head. In 1928, the lion dance group was invited to perform at the Hanchin Exposition in Japan.

At present, the group is directed by Shih-tse Li, who once went astray but fortunately came around. Because of his uncle's advice, he decided to take over his family business, opening doors to aspiring young men in the dance group, and performing at all kinds of expositions in many countries. Now the duty of the dancing lion has changed to safeguarding the traditional lion-dance skills and lion-head craftsmanship. The dance group has been registered as one of the traditional arts under Taipei's culture heritage. Director Li will lead the lion dance group to introduce this unique custom by performing the Lion-walking moves and Lion-face expressions.