Established in the age of the Qing dynasty, the present performance styles of the Chinese lion dance are categorized into two, Northern style and Southern style, - the latter has been handed down in the communities of the practitioners of Chinese martial arts, and it is performed with their physical techniques - and there are dance competitions.
現在演じられる形は清の時代に確立された形で、北方の北獅と南方の南獅の系統（中国武術家で伝承されその身体技法による）があり、競技もある。