It is a family inheritance rule that Huotong line lions pass on men instead of women, which leads to lack of successors. Line lion performance is usually just a traditional festival entertainment, even if invited to perform in other places, the funds are often beyond our means. Therefore, line lion performers have to work to support their families on weekdays, and only rehearse before the performance, which will inevitably affect the learning and development of line lion performing arts. After 2 1 century, most people who are familiar with the performance skills of line lions are middle-aged and elderly people. Although young people also like this ancestral stunt, many young people learn it every year. However, most of them have to go out to make a living after school, and it is difficult to further improve their skills because they are unfamiliar for a long time.
As of 2008, Huotong Line Lion still has other problems, such as insufficient development funds, changes in performance venues, and fixed routes for the Lantern Festival every year. But on the fixed route, there are hidden dangers in the wooden house at the end of Huotong Street, and the crowd is narrow. Especially the application of lighting effect makes the fire safety equipment and management on site lag behind the pace of Lantern Festival every year. Excluding the subsidy of 2000 yuan in the town, the investment of production funds basically depends on family financing. With the accelerating pace of market economy, people's interest in folk festivals is becoming more and more indifferent.
20 12 led by Huotong government, Ningde Tourism Development Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Huotong Line Lion Team to set up a Line Lion Performance Hall, in which the Yellow Line Lion Team and the Chen Line Lion Team each performed for 40 minutes. The development of Huotong Line Lion has entered a stable stage of commercialization. The captain of Chen's lion row team said: "In the past, lion rows were for face, but now they are for jobs. If you don't play well before, you will lose face. Now you will lose your job if you don't play well. " In this context, Huo Tong's "The Line Lion" is constantly incorporating new techniques in production and constantly creating new programs in performance.