Lion Dance

Inside the lion there are a couple of amazingly talented lion dancers (humans). Think of a 2-person horse costume, but quite a bit less tacky. And much more acrobatic.

Do You Know Gong Fu? - Pictures, videos, and commentary from Chinese New Year 2008

February 22nd 2008
Spring Festival We woke up a few minutes before the sun on Feb.7, our first morning in the Kaifeng countryside in the province of Henan. The thermometer read 36deg F . . . in our bedroom. We made a mad dash from our mountain of blankets, grabbed for whatever layers we weren’t already wearing, and stepped out into a crisp silence, unlike anything we have experienced in China thu ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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