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The dragon dance by the Golden Dragon, Gum Lung (or Gàm Luhng, Chinese: 金龍; pinyin: Jīn Lóng; Jyutping: Gam1 Lung4), highlights the end of the parade. After the modern parades began in 1953, the first new Gum Lung was imported in 1957 from Hong Kong, billed as one city block or 150 feet (46 m) long.
Chinese cultural groups from Bendigo and Melbourne participate in the parade, demonstrating lion and dragon dances. Traditionally the procession was held on Easter Monday, but since 2011, when it clashed with Anzac Day, it has been held on Easter Sunday. A team of radio-equipped marshals was established in 1978 for the purpose of improving ...
In this parade the local Chinese brought their old dragon dancing traditions to Bendigo. The earliest documented appearance of the venerable dragon Loong, approximately 60 m (200 ft) long, was in 1901; [5] although a local newspaper printed photographs of a dragon in the parade in 1892, [6] Golden Dragon Museum officers believe this was not ...
Nov. 29—Gum Lung, the "Golden Dragon," is off to China, jet setting across the globe for a two-year "sabbatical" at the Hong Kong Museum of History. Through arrangements with the Marysville ...
Earlier this month, Zynga launched the Red Envelope Store in CityVille, giving users a chance to stock up on Red Envelopes in anticipation of the game's major Chinese New Year celebration which ...
Gayle Anderson wrapped up our series of reports on the 2025 Tournament of Roses Parade presented by Honda with a look at Floatfest 2025, where the public can examine, up close, the incredible ...
The dragon tail also has an important role to play as it will have to keep in time with head movements. The fifth section is considered to be the middle portion and the performers must be very alert as the body movements change from time to time. The dragon is often led by a person holding a spherical object representing a pearl. Fire dragon dance.
During the Lantern Festival, the park is a virtual ocean of lanterns. Many new designs attract large numbers of visitors. The most eye-catching lantern is the Dragon Pole. This is a lantern in the shape of a golden dragon, spiraling up a 38-meter-high pole, spewing fireworks from its mouth.