Southern "lions" come with faces of gold (or yellow), red, black, or silver, representing Liu Pei, Kuan Yu, Chang Fei, and Chao Tzu-lung, heroes of the Three Kingdoms period.
以南獅來說，獅面以金（或黃）、紅、黑、銀，分別代表劉備、關羽、張飛與趙子龍。金獅最長，通常只有拜廟時才出動；平日表演，黑獅就足以打發。