Only too aware of the many people slaughtered in the February 28 Incident, and of other White Terror deaths, lion dance troupes disbanded or changed their names in droves to keep out of trouble. Some even burned their valuable handmade lion heads. The art of the lion dance was under siege.
而畏於早年「228 事件」與「白色恐怖」的肅殺記憶，獅團紛紛解散或改名以求自保，甚至忍痛焚毀珍貴的手工獅頭，台灣獅團陷入低迷不振的黑暗期。