Party like it's Chinese New Year
Jeremy Lai, 10, gets into his role as a lion at the 2013 Chinese New Year celebration. The festival, normally held at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center at 1288 W. River Road, will be at the Tucson Mall this year to expose more people to the Chinese culture.
Members of Tucson Sino Dance perform at the festival. The dancers, from left, are Tao Luo, Ellen Zhu, Ying Zhang, Yue Cong, Tina Zhang and Lizhen Pang.
The Tucson Chinese Lion Dance Group works its way through the crowd during the Taste of China Festival. The festival marked the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Snake, a symbol of bounty and good luck.
Guzheng teacher Dong Xiao Zhang, behind, performs a duet with student Michelle Zhang 7, (no relation).
Yue Cong of Tucson Sino Dance performed during the Taste of China Festival at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center on Feb. 9.
