Sailing a Boat on Dry Land (Xia Dynasty)

One of the most entertaining traditions of the Chinese New Year is a performance known as Sailing a Boat on Dry Land. In it, a female singer ‘wears’ a boat by carrying a long bamboo scaffold around her waist in

Happy Year of the Snake!

I can’t begin to say what an incredible year it’s been. The Year of the Dragon’s over, and I don’t think I’ll ever experience another like it. I’ve been living in China for a year now, and things are starting