Maya Goodman practices with a lion head at Heavenly Dragon Lion Dance Association practice at the Fo Guang Shan Xiang Yun Temple in Austin, May 11, 2024. ... inside the head frame.

Established in 1986, lion dance costume business Wan Seng Hang is capable of producing more than 300 intricate costumes a year.

Lion dance teams connect family, community and culture for Lunar New Year 03:09. SAN FRANCISCO -- The Year of the Rabbit officially begins Jan. 22 but, as Asian-American communities celebrate, it ...

Dancers from the Asian American Dragon & Lion Dance Association perform the Chinese lion dance at the Westfield Garden State Plaza, 1 Garden State Plaza Parkway, in Paramus., New Jersey, on ...

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 lion dance usually finishes with a sequence known as Cai Qing, in which lions compete against one another to secure a ball of lettuce in their mouth. Today, this custom symbolises good luck ...

Silver Creek Lion Dance Club dancers Michelle To (head of the lion), and Kevin Pham (tail of the lion). performing the lion dance at the Tet festival at Eastridge Center in San Jose, Calif., on ...

The Bay Area is home to several lion-dance troupes. What sets San Francisco's Kei Lun Martial Arts apart, says director Corey Chan, is the group's dedication to preserving the ancient Chinese stories ...

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 ...