The dragon and lion team mainly earns from commercial performances and teaching, but due to the impact of the epidemic, the income is almost "cleared".
Chen Yusheng (nicknamed "Peanut"), a full-time coach of the Kwok Kung Fu Golden Dragon and Lion Dance Troupe, said frankly that during the epidemic, his income dropped sharply. Yes, the dragon team of middle school students who personally guided before the epidemic had quite good results. "A neat dragon team, with good results in the competition." As a result, three years later, the apprentices have graduated from middle school, and they have found a new path in life. It is difficult to return to the dragon team. The lion industry, resulting in faults in the inheritance.
Fortunately, the epidemic has dawned, and the number of invitations to commercial performances in the Spring Festival has increased this year. Coupled with the resumption of classes in schools, he believes that the dragon and lion industry will gradually return to normal, and he is also confident that he can retrain a group of new apprentices to add vitality to the industry.
Chen Yusheng (nicknamed "Peanut"), who works as a full-time coach for the Kwok Kung Fu Golden Dragon and Lion Dance Troupe, admitted that his income dropped sharply during the epidemic. He relied on the basic salary paid by his master and worked as a part-time waiter in tea restaurants to meet his living expenses.
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When Peanut was in Secondary 1, the curriculum in the school’s physical education hall included dragon and lion dances. The school even held inter-class competitions. interest.
Later, his peers left the dragon and lion dance troupe one by one, but Peanut chose to enter the industry as a full-time coach. However, his income was greatly affected by the epidemic and he had to work part-time to make ends meet. However, he never thought about giving up lion dance and changing careers. I knew how long I had to wait, but I never thought about changing careers." The reason for not giving up was quite simple: "I really like it."
The trauma brought by the epidemic to the dragon and lion industry is not only at the level of economic income, but also leads to a reduction in the level of skills.
Peanut explained that due to the impact of the epidemic prevention measures, the number of people gathered is limited to two people, and the training venue is not open, so it is impossible to practice at all, and they can only exercise their physical strength alone.
However, the dragon and lion dance is not a one-man show, and requires the precise coordination of movements and rhythms of the entire group members. Without group training, the overall level will inevitably decline.
Therefore, the dragon and lion dance competition, which had been suspended for two years, was resumed at the end of last year. Peanut and his partner participated in the high-stake lion dance competition. Although they had three months to prepare, they chose to lower the difficulty of the movements. "The goal of the competition is different. Mistakes will definitely happen, but I want to do it smoothly.” In the end, he and his partner won the third place.
Another regret brought about by the epidemic is the loss of young talents.
Peanut lamented that the group of students he taught before the epidemic were very skilled. .
At present, Peanut needs to start from the beginning to train a group of new apprentices. "All the newcomers in Yijia's class have been taught from the beginning. After a while, a fault has appeared." Cultivate new blood for the Dragon and Lions team.
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