festival scene

Taiping Yangpihui

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March 3rd 2012
Yangpihui is a traditional festival in Taiping, a small township in Sidian, Baoshan region. No one know when or why this festival began, only knew that they had to dance their dragon from village into town. In the old day there could be more than 7 dragons, and many other object like...tiger, qilin and group parade. but nowaday as many young people went out to work in the city, there wasn't en ... 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