Dragon dance, Wuhan, China
© Miao Jian/Wuhan Morning Post/Visual China Group via Getty Image
Happy Chinese New Year!. Chinese New Year
The streets come alive today with a symphony of firecrackers, red lanterns, and cheerful chatter—it's Chinese New Year. Steeped in thousands of years of tradition, this holiday marks the start of the lunisolar Chinese calendar. One of the most captivating images associated with this festival is the dragon dance, pictured here. Skilled dancers manipulate a long, flexible dragon puppet, bringing it to life with sinuous, undulating movements. The dragon, a symbol of power, dignity, and good fortune, is believed to bring luck to the community, with longer dragons bringing even more prosperity.
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