Exploring the History of the Lion Dance with the Philadelphia Suns Lion Dancers. Season 2025 Episode 1 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. On this week’s You Oughta Know, it's a tradition ...

Wai Tran, 43, is a lion-dance coach and director of Ying Yung Tong. He left Vietnam in the late ’70s, and hails from martial-art royalty; his grandfather was a kung-fu master in China.

The Soaring Phoenix Dragon & Lion Dance Association is coming up on 15 years of celebrating Asian culture. Community members believe the lion dance brings good fortune for the new year.

Silver Creek Lion Dance Club dancers perform at the Tet festival at Eastridge Center in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. (Steven Arreola Muñoz for Mosaic Journalism) ...

But bringing the playful lion to life requires a degree of artistry and playacting. “When you go inside the lion head, you have to think like the lion, not like a human,” Kwok explains.

I f you’ve been to a Lunar New Year parade or festival, it’s very likely you’ve seen a lion dance performance.. Along with foods like dumplings and noodles and traditions like giving red ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Wander through the streets and narrow alleys of Chinatown and you will discover interesting shops and unique restaurants. People shopping for dinner, playing card games, and watching a ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — There are no big celebrations in Hawaii like there was pre-pandemic to usher in the year of the tiger. However, some lion dancing teams still celebrated Lunar New Year ...

He pairs Lion Dance with Choy Lay Fut, a deadly martial art. "Even Bruce Lee back in the '70s said there's no other martial arts you need to worry about but Choy Lay Fut," Ng said. "It's all combat.