Dragon dances have been documented at ceremonial events since the Han Dynasty (202 BCE to 220 CE) and often involve teams of dancers manipulating a giant dragon puppet through the streets.

The Year of the Dragon began on Feb. 10 and is the fifth animal in the Chinese Zodiac. Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, originated thousands of years ago and ...

In the early 1990s, the parade dragon was brought out for Lunar New Year celebrations in Portland’s Chinatown. At some point, those annual dragon parades stopped. Over the decades, the once ...

Big preparations underway for San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade "It is not real like an ox or a rabbit, you see right, in real life," said Steven Zhang, a San Mateo resident.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's an exciting time for San Francisco's Chinatown with big preparations underway for Saturday's Chinese New Year Parade. It's the lucky Year of the Dragon, and more than a ...

Chinese New Year 2025 also known as Lunar New Year falls on Wednesday, January 29 and the Manchester dragon parade returns to the city centre on February 1 and February 2 ...

Bendigo holds its annual dragon parade at the Easter Festival in 2019. - Golden Dragon Museum Bendigo, currently a city of some 100,000 people, has had Chinese residents for more than a century.