Dragon Breath

From left: Shirley Young, chair of the US-China Cultural Institute; Gulinaer Yiming, traditional Uighur stringed instrument Ghijak performer; Wu Tong, traditional Chinese instrument Sheng performer, touch the dragon's head at the end of the dragon dance for good luck before the start of the Chinese New Year Gala Concert at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York on Tuesday evening. It was the fourth Chinese New Year Concert held by the New York Philharmonic. Hong Xiao / For China Daily