After the dragons cleared the stage at the Chinese Cultural Festival. The next bit was what was described as a display of fashion popular am...

So the dragon we saw yesterday was headed under the canopy of the botanical garden's amphitheater. I never dreamed that dragons were so ...

I suppose most of us have witnessed, or at least seen pictures of, a Chinese dragon on parade. Many people hold segments on poles, creating ...

I didn't set up this shot on purpose. The action was much too fast for my moderate skills. But when I saw this picture on the computer s...

It wasn't too hard to find on the Web. The instrument is called a ruan, characterized by four strings and big tuning pegs with a circula...

This couple represented the empress and emperor of China, as best I could tell. They look relatively benevolent but that beaded headgear on ...

  Well, that's what we were told it was. I've been to lots of Western operas and a couple by Japanese composers (including one based...