During Chinese New Year, acrobats
regularly display their skills on top of a high pole, often dressed in a
lion
or
dragon
costume.
Performers climb seemingly effortlessly to the
top using nothing but their own strength, though sometimes a human
tower may be made, standing on each others shoulders.
Chinese
high-pole lion dance acrobatics
Chinese
high-pole lion dance acrobatics
Many of the stunts they perform are not without danger,
all to impress the crowd down below.
Here a long vertical banner is
unrolled from the top, displaying good luck wishes to the onlookers.
