"By looking at the animals around them," one current trainee suggests. Chinese lion dances can be divided into two broad categories: The northern style imitates the dog; and the southern, the cat.
「看身邊的動物啊」，十三歲開始學舞獅，浸淫其中已卅年的呂松吉指出，中國舞獅以長江流域分南、北，各有模仿對象﹘﹘「北獅學狗，南獅學貓」。