The song that is played during the lion dance

There is a simple song that is needed to be understood by the dancers and the people who play the instrumentals. There is a certain beat that the lions have to follow or else you aren’t doing the dance correctly. Although some people just put the song and just dance it is different in the Lion dance as the beat has to match with the dance as said “In my interview with Wong, he used his desk as a mock drum to explain the drum beats: In the lion dance, there is only one drum. All parts of the drum–the drumhead, the edges of the drum, and even the drumsticks–are used to make melodic and tonal changes. We have some basic beats in lion dancing. They are three-star beat, five-star beat, and seven-star beat (6)…The three-star beat is basically two beats, but the first beat is divided evenly into two shorter beats. The five-star beat is three beats, but the first two beats are divided evenly into four shorter beats, and the seven-star beat is four beats, but the first three beats are all divided evenly into six shorter beats. (ibid.) Wong continues: To match these beats, there are three basic steps called three-star step, five-star step, and seven-star step. Three-star steps are used when the lion is checking stuff, waking up, and doing things around the original spot it stands. Seven-star steps are used when the lion is doing a long walk. Five-star steps are the most commonly used in lion dancing, and they are used on all other occasions. Of course, there are more variations other than these three steps, but all other steps are based on these three basics. (ibid.) Wong comments, “If you don’t know all these basics, you can’t do the lion dance and you can’t understand it” (ibid.).”