dragon dance

Puding

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February 17th 2011
In traditional...in Puding on the Lunar Jan the 15th, they will parade out an huge dragon and splash it with hot molten iron by brave young men, the night sky would filled with sparkling light like a firework. Said this traditional came down from long way, perhaps even since the Tang Dynasty. But this event still got its riskiness with the burning lava, so the authority ban this 4 years ago and sw ... read more

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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