I found it super graceful," Lin, 18, told AFP in the courtyard of a temple in the southern Chinese city of Shantou, where her troupe trains. "The tenacity of the dancers, their ability to perform ...

Staff at a local bakers are looking forward to a period of transformation, renewal, and growth following a visit from a Chinese lion. Scottish Highlands and Islands and Moray Chinese Association ...

A performer dressed in a lion costume scares a girl as he dances the traditional Chinese Lion Dance at the start of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Havana, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival — often referred to as Chinese New Year — signals ... the celebrations can last up to 15 days. The lion dance is an Asian art performance in which ...

Lion Yard is delighted to announce its partnership with the Cambridge Chinese Cultural School to host the city’s primary Chinese New Year celebrations for 2025, marking the Year of the Snake. Lion ...

28, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Folk artists performed lion and dragon dances in Cambodia on Tuesday to celebrate the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, which will fall on Wednesday. The dancers ...

Physical exertion and deep-rooted patriarchal attitudes have long excluded women from lion dancing, but one troupe in southern China is training female dancers in an attempt to revitalise the ...

and the critical success of the Chinese film "Her Story", which addresses gender inequality in contemporary society. "Some say that a girl can't lead a lion. But it's my passion and it's up to me ...

If there’s one thing I look forward to during the Chinese New Year, it’s the Lion Dance, a traditional Chinese performance typically performed to ward off evil spirits and usher in good fortune. In ...