Seeing these two lion heads together excites me. I feel like I’ve been transported back in time to the lions of yesteryear. Maybe because the first 2 lions that my Sifu brought out way back in the late 1980s when he started the Sydney chapter of the Dragon Style Kung Fu Association were also a Lau Bei and a Cheung Fei lion. But also because I feel that these two lions remind me of the sort of lions I remember when I was a kid watching videos of lions dancing (or fighting) such as in the Wong Fei Hung movies.

It’s all at a good time too because lately, I’ve seen a resurgence amongst the various kung fu and lion dancing groups wanting to bring back “old school lions.”. I’m seeing more lions with colours representative of the old generals- rainbows, black and red, black and white, black, green and silvers, black and gold, as well as longer tails, bristle fur and rams fur. It’s nice that amongst the lion dance community there are still some aficionados of yesteryear.

The next step is to add some more brothers to these bad boys. I’ve got a third frame ready to go! Stay tuned.