本文旨在探討南獅自選套路分數與難度動作編排在不同國家之差異，以確認動作難度分值在於套路得分的實際影響。本研究以影片標記分析紀錄了20場2012至2020年南獅運動大型國際賽事決賽之隊伍，共計99個套路並可分為7個國家。結果顯示自2012至2020年間中國與馬來西亞兩國的隊伍在南獅自選套路有著顯著較高的分數，而臺灣隊伍通常在套路中表現出最多的難度動作數量，並且各國之間均有不同偏好的難度動作類型。但以套路分數最高的中國與馬來西亞看來，表現出最多的類型6與類型9難度動作可能有助於套路編排更為流暢且豐富。綜上所述，本文提供了不同國家在南獅自選套路得分與難度動作編排之差異的初步證據。根據結果，過多的難度動作數量可能無法對套路分數的提升有所助益，而是建議南獅隊伍應追求更好的動作實施品質、獅子形神態展現、故事劇情編排以及鼓樂搭配等要素之間的平衡。
The present study aims to investigate the differences in score and choreography of difficult movements in optional routine of southern lion dance among the countries, to confirm the actual effect of movement difficulty on routine scoring. The notational analysis by video was used to record twenty final events in internationally official competitions of SLD from 2012 to 2020. A total eligible 99 routines from 7 countries were included to analysis. Results indicated that routines of China and Malaysia exhibit higher scores than other countries; and routines of Taiwan exhibit more total number of difficult movements than other countries. One the other hand, countries show separate preferences for performing difficult movements, but only routines of China and Malaysia have higher scores who also perform more difficult movements in type 9 and type 6, respectively, which might be contributed to improving fluency and enriching routine. Taken together, present study provided the initial evidence for difference in score and choreography of difficult movements in optional routine of southern lion dance among the countries. According to current findings, performing excessive difficult movements might not be benefited improvement in routine scoring, instead, it is suggested that the teams of southern lion dance should pursue a better balance between the quality of movements, lion's appearance, expressions, clearness of theme and musical accompaniment rhythm.
