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Dancing in the street Share CLOSE The 13-person rice-straw dragon team forms a winding dragon while climbing around a 12-meter-high pillar in Qianjiang s Longwan town, Hubei province, during the Spring Festival of 1988.[Photo provided to China Daily]
Hubei province s town keeps tradition alive as festival dragon entertains in dramatic style, Xu Lin reports.
It s a time of year when tradition is honored. Indeed, tradition merges with modernity. The present makes an accommodation with the past. The dragon dance on Longtaitou Festival, or Dragon Head-raising Festival, to pray for auspiciousness, is a case in point. The festival, which heralds the start of the spring plowing season, falls on the second day of the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar every year.
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LETTER | Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year?
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LETTER | The delightful, ecstatic, and traditional festival, Lunar New Year has finally arrived. During this significant festival, we celebrate with our dearest family and friends. It is undeniably a festival that emphasises togetherness.
Little do we know, “Chinese New Year” is a Chinese-centric term. However, this festival is not only reserved for the Chinese but also for the Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese. This festival was spread to Vietnam, Japan, and Korea due to the Tang movement during the Tang dynasty in China.
“Lunar New Year” may sound like a more neutral phrase to use. The Rural Calendar, which originated from China, was lunisolar (the calendar which is gauged based on the movement of the moon as well as the sun), not a lunar calendar.