Dongguan folk dance in the shape of animals is rich and colorful, there are dragon dance, phoenix dance, lion dance, unicorn dance and brave dance. In particular, the lion dance, technical excellence, extraordinary performance, the four seas, Chang'an town was also named by the State General Administration of Sports "Dragon and Lion Township". Unicorn is more outstanding in Qingxi Town and Zhangmutou Town. Every year, the Lantern Festival, the municipal government has organized a large group of lions to celebrate the Lantern Festival activities, hundreds of lions, golden dragons, colorful phoenixes, unicorns to participate in, thousands of people in the streets.
In 1985, the Dongguan Wushu Lion Dance Association was established, and the city's mass lion dance activities flourished, and the art of lion dance continued to improve. A number of high-level lion dance teams emerged to participate in domestic and international lion dance competitions, and achieved excellent results, showing Chinese and foreign audiences the new style of the "Southern Lion".
September 29, 1996, Shipai Zhongkeng Mingde lion dance team on behalf of Guangdong Province to participate in the Sixth National "Group Star Award" Square Dance Competition, a "lion stepping on the high pile" won the only special award. Thus, the reputation has risen, and many times in the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Public Security, CCTV, as well as the province, the city, Shenzhen and Hong Kong and other places to organize large-scale celebrations on the stage, a show of style. Zhongkeng Village was named "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art" by the Ministry of Culture in 2000.
December 18-20, 1999 in Chang'an Township held the Fourth China International Lion Dance Invitational Competition. From Thailand, Malaysia, Belgium, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Chinese Taipei and mainland China, Shenzhen, Nanhai, Panyu and other places of the 16 teams to participate in the competition, in which Changan Town also sent the Jinxia Dragon and Lion Dance Troupe and Jiekou Lion Dance Team two teams to compete. The Malaysian team won the championship, while Changan Jinxia team and Jiekou team won the fifth and seventh places respectively. The State General Administration of Sports and the China Dragon and Lion Dance Association presented Changan Town with the banner of "the hometown of the lion dance, and then create a brilliant".