Chinese Dragon Dancing

Sunday afternoons in Kowloon Park, a martial arts school in Hong Kong puts on Kung Fu Corner, where they demonstrate, as you would expect, Kung Fu, and what you might not expect: Chinese dragon dancing. These are two-man costumes that are used to perform a coordinated dance routine or story.

Here's a dragon strutting his stuff during the opening:

100509 Chinese Dragon Dancing

Those who weren't dancing at the time made up the band:

100509 Chinese Dragon Dancing

Here's a story of a dragon who was so hungry he contemplated eating lettuce (apparently dragons are more carnivore than vegetarian):

100509 Chinese Dragon Dancing

Click here to see what happens to dragons who eat lettuce.

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