Folk artists give a lion dance performance in Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong Province, March 9, 2024. Various celebrations were held for the upcoming Longtaitou Day, a traditional day for a new ...

The Lion Dance is one of the most widespread folk dances in China. The lion is the king of animals. In Chinese tradition, the lion is regarded as a mascot, which can bring good luck. The dance has a ...

This post was updated Nov. 12 at 1:20 p.m. A Lion Dance team will be blessing the festivities of an upcoming auspicious occasion. Held in Los Angeles State Historic Park, the Making Memories Festival ...

Yang and his team perform a Xitao lion dance in Gongyi city, Henan province. CHINA DAILY "They must be capable of imitating the lion's suspicion, joy, anger and other traits with lifelike accuracy," ...

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RAWANG: Their passion for the lion dance has led a group of Malaysian-Indian performers to restart their former master’s troupe after a 10-year hiatus. The Tai Yen Lion Dance Association in Rawang was ...

Harry Guey-Lee doesn’t go into D.C.’s Chinatown much these days. Although he grew up there, he mostly returns for occasional Washington Wizards games. But every winter, the same activity draws him ...

It’s not easy to be a lion. On the top floor of a five-story building beneath the Manhattan Bridge, martial artist Nicky Ling, 24, practices the lion dance to prepare for the Lunar New Year ...

Lion dances light up Hong Kong as Chinese New Year 2026 begins on February 17, with vibrant performances across hotels, parks, promenades and malls leading up to the Lantern Festival on March 3.

Lion dancer Nicolas Goh, 20, has recently gone viral for a performance video posted by the NamYang Lion Dance Centre on TikTok. SINGAPORE — A Singapore lion dancer recently went viral as the latest ...

How can art and culture from the past survive in a globalized world? Inheriting the treasure of art and culture from the past thousands of years, young Chinese have created a new trend - Guochao, or ...

Yang Feilong, a young inheritor of Henan province's Xitao town, performs a flying-dragon dance in Hefei, Anhui province (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) The lively and robust beat of gongs and drums from ...