Mixing acrobatics, martial arts and theatre, lion dancing is believed to bring prosperity and protection from evil spirits. Performed across China and around the world, at weddings or during ...

A growing number of Chinese ... Lion dancer Lin Xinmeng doing strength training in a practice session at an ancestral temple in Shantou, in southern China's Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade ...

and the critical success of the Chinese film "Her Story", which addresses gender inequality in contemporary society. "Some say that a girl can't lead a lion. But it's my passion and it's up to me ...

Flinging her male teammate into the air, female performer Lin Xinmeng practises China’s world-famous lion dance with a troupe ... of a temple in the southern Chinese city of Shantou, where ...

Shantou (China) (AFP) – 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.

I found it super graceful," Lin, 18, told AFP in the courtyard of a temple in the southern Chinese city of Shantou, where her troupe trains. "The tenacity of the dancers, their ability to perform ...

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, martial ...