ABC7 news was at the Powell Pace Center as lion dancers entertained seniors with the traditional "Plucking the Greens" dance.
This is when people feed oranges and lettuce to the lion dancers for good luck and fortune. The lettuce represents money.
#SF police lion dancers entertain elderly in Chinatown. Lion spit lettuce spit on me. I think that means $$$ for me! pic.twitter.com/fidVJod1Dd
— Juan Carlos Guerrero (@JuanCarlosABC7) February 10, 2016
"The lion head will eat the lettuce and we shred it in pieces and we spit it out. When the pieces of lettuce fall on you, that wealth will be on you. So go out and buy a lottery ticket,"
The performers are actually San Francisco police officers. The department is the only one on the west coast with its own lion dance troupe. It has been around for 28 years.
