Third, the lion head must be painted with different colors. Lastly, beads and other sorts of ornaments will be added for decoration. Ancient Chinese tradition of zhizha, or paper craft ...

Submerged beneath a manmade lake in China lies a forgotten city, dubbed by experts as “China’s Atlantis”. The underwater city, known as the Lion City or Shi Cheng, is hidden 40 metres beneath the ...

is the renowned hometown of the Chinese folk art for crafting festive dragons and lions. The history of dragon and lion crafting and performances in Shuangfeng can be traced back to the late Qing ...

Flinging her male teammate into the air, performer Lin Xinmeng practises China's world-famous lion dance with a troupe that is shrugging off centuries of patriarchal norms. Mixing acrobatics ...

A colourful, fierce-looking lion the size of two men is dancing to the beat of traditional Chinese drums. It moves quickly yet delicately, like a kung fu master, before unrolling a scroll with its ...