Spotlight on Chinese culture at DC Folklife Festival
Updated: 2014-07-04 11:23
(China Daily USA)
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Washington A LA CART Audiences enjoy the Dragon-Lion Cart performance by the Zhejiang Wu Opera Troupe at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Thursday. More than 100 Chinese folk artists from China attend this year's festival. The folklife festival has been made a permanent event on the National Mall and draws about 1 million visitors each year. This year's festival ends Sunday. Photos by Chen Weihua / China Daily |
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FANDANGO Visitors practice a fan dance following a Chinese instructor at the festival on Thursday. This year's festival features the cultures of China and Kenya. |
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TO DYE FOR Visitors admire the batik work of Yang Wenbin from southwest China's Guizhou province at the Folklife festival on Thursday in Washington. |
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CLIPPING AWAY Paper cutting master Tian Yali (left) shows two visitors a few tricks on Thursday at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington. |
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SPICE IT UP A chef from Shanghai demonstrates how to make scallion chicken legs on Thursday in the Five Spices Kitchen. |
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GO GET 'EM Folklife festivals goers enjoy the game of Go at one of the Chinese stops at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Thursday. Cai Chunying / China Daily |
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DRAGON ON Performers from the Zhejiang Wu Opera Troupe work the Dragon-Lion Cart on Thursday at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington. |
(China Daily USA 07/04/2014 page13)
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