Scholars have determined that immigrants from southern Fujian brought the lion dance to Taiwan in the 18th century. The earliest style to hit the Taiwan shores was the southern Fujian lion dance (divided into two different schools), followed later by Hakka, Cantonese, and Peking styles.
根據學者研究，「舞獅」約在 18 世紀隨閩粵移民傳入台灣，最早傳入的是「閩南獅」（包含武館獅與宋江獅），後有「客家獅」、「廣東獅」、「北京獅」等陸續傳入。