A great introduction to the customs of Lunar New Year. This interactive lift-the-flap book is perfect for parents and early readers to enjoy together! It's Lunar New Year and there are so many fun things to do! Shopping at the outdoor market for fresh flowers, eating New Year's dinner with the whole family, receiving red envelopes from Grandma and Grandpa, and best of all-watching the spectacular Lunar New Year's parade! Illustrated by Benrei Huang.

The story of a young Chinese boy who has the opportunity to fulfill his lifelong dream of dancing in the New Year's parade, and almost lets fear ruin everything.

From firecrackers to noodles, from red envelopes to the zodiac, young readers are introduced to the exciting traditions of the Chinese New Year in this accessible and visually stunning homage to the holiday. Full color.

With its fossil hunters and philosophers, diplomats, dropouts, writers and explorers, missionaries and refugees, Peking's foreign community in the early 20th century was as exotic as the city itself. Always a magnet for larger than life individuals, Peking attracted characters as diverse as Reginald Johnston (tutor to the last emperor), Bertrand Russell, Pierre Loti, Rabrindranath Tagore, Sven Hedin, Peter Fleming, Wallis Simpson and Cecil Lewis. The last great capital to remain untouched by the modern world, Peking both entranced and horrified its foreign residents. Ignoring the poverty outside their gates, they danced, played and squabbled among themselves, oblivious to the great political events that were to shape modern China unfolding around them. This is a dazzling portrait of an eclectic foreign community and of China itself.

Astrologers use lunar eclipses for timing and prediction. Our birth charts reveal we belong to a heavenly family—a family of dragons, a family of galvanizing lunar eclipse patterns, many of which are ancient and have been returning for centuries. Get ready to meet your dragon family and discover life patterns unknowable by any conventional means of astrological analysis. The ancient Chinese believed that lunar eclipse occurred when a dragon ate the moon. Our birth charts reveal we belong to a heavenly family—a family of dragons, or galvanizing lunar eclipse patterns, many of which are ancient and have been returning for centuries to check up on us, their earthly kin. Get ready to meet your dragon family and discover life patterns that have been dancing you through elaborate cosmic steps heretofore unknowable by any conventional means of astrological analysis. Who wouldn’t want to dance with dragons? Nothing has captured their essence more than this book. Who are these dragons? Which Dragon family do you belong to? Which Dragon owns the Astrological DNA of your soul? How are Dragons influencing your life? If you’re looking for a precision instrument that is useful, reliable and will function 100 percent of the time, the forty-seven families of lunar eclipses outlined in this book have quite the stories to tell. Some are ancient, some are new, and some have yet to be born. But they each have the power to illuminate your sphere of influence. We all want to fulfill the highest, truest expression of ourselves as human beings and a knowledge of how these Lunar Saros Series eclipses work shines a special quality of light upon our personality and our pathway through the world. You will see how the eclipses have impacted lives and brought fame, fortune and sometimes despair. The author’s captivating humor takes the technical astrological data and makes it interesting to even those who are not astrology buffs. Every Astrologer needs this book. It is as essential as the Ephemerides. It will make your practice come alive in ways you have never experienced.

After moving to Florida, Susan learns to deal with her speech impediment and make new friends with the help of a mysterious writer.

Lion dance has been in Singapore since the 1930s and is closely connected with the Chinese clans that organised the first troupes, with some of these clans hailing as far back as the 1800s. Chronicling the history of lion dance, therefore, is akin to chronicling the pioneering years of our nation. However, few books document the history of this art form in Singapore.This book is the first of its kind to introduce the history, culture, sport and performance art that is lion and dragon dance in English. It will cover the types of dances and costumes, symbolisms and values embedded in the lion and dragon dance communities. It will tell the stories of Singaporean lion and dragon dance pioneers which have never before appeared in any English publications. It will also feature interviews with current leaders in the community and share our hopes for the future of the art form in Singapore.

At Raimer District School, Sam and his friends deal with the realities of growing up. Sam's budding romance with Katie brings him into a head to head confrontation with Bubba, the resident school bully. Through his struggles, namely the spring dance and the dog-napping of his pet dog, Fleabag (not your typical dog), Sam learns some valuable lessons about how to deal with challenges. Sam's Dragon Dance is an inspiring tale of human nature and how we may overcome obstacles by taking chances.

Simon and Brad face their greatest danger yet—and discover the secret of the fireball—in the third book of the alternative history Fireball Trilogy, from critically acclaimed Tripods author John Christopher. When Simon and Brad were caught in the mysterious fireball—a whirling ball of light that sucked them into a bizarre alternate world—they knew a terrifyingly different future was ahead. The world on the other side was geographically identical to their own, but the societies and history were completely new...and full of danger. Discovering a pagoda in California was strange enough, but when Simon and Brad are captured by slavers headed to China, the future seems even more hazardous. Especially when they are banished to a remote mountain retreat with the mysteriously powerful Bei-Kun...and come face-to-face with the secret of the fireball.

A History of Ancient Chinese Music and Dance describes the history of music and dance in ancient China in the past five thousand years in the forms of poems, music and dance. It includes court music and dance, music and dance in drama and folk music and dance. It covers historical and professional knowledge such as music, dance, poetry and drama. The book consists of eleven chapters, from ancient times to the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. In each chapter, there are historical background, music and dance works, people, events, and related poetry and images. The Yellow Emperor created tonality for wind instruments. Emperor Yao and Emperor Shun invented musical instruments qin and se. Duke of Zhou made system of rites and music. Apart from these, music, dance and acrobatics in the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, grand compositions in the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty and music and dance in drama in the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty can all lead us to the long developing process of ancient music and dance. The book was the Project of 2003 National Tenth Five-Year Plan for Art Science in China. It was co-funded by the National Publishing Fund and “China Classics International” of the General Administration of Press and Publication.