Cabarrus residents ring in the Chinese New Year

  • By Hugh Fisher

    hfisher@salisburypost.com

  • Sunday, February 10th, 2013
    Performers from the Hung Gar Kung Fu Academy perform a traditional Lion Dance to open the stage show at the Cabarrus Chinese New Year Festival, Saturday at Cox Mill High School. Photo by Hugh Fisher.

    Performers from the Hung Gar Kung Fu Academy perform a traditional Lion Dance to open the stage show at the Cabarrus Chinese New Year Festival, Saturday at Cox Mill High School. Photo by Hugh Fisher.

    Hugh Fisher / For The Salisbury Post Mona Su plays a traditional song, “Yiao Dancing,” on the hulusi, a Chinese flute, during Saturday’s Cabarrus Chinese New Year Festival.

    Hugh Fisher / For The Salisbury Post Mona Su plays a traditional song, “Yiao Dancing,” on the hulusi, a Chinese flute, during Saturday’s Cabarrus Chinese New Year Festival.

    Performers from the Hung Gar Kung Fu Academy perform a traditional Lion Dance to open the stage show at the Cabarrus Chinese New Year Festival, Saturday at Cox Mill High School. More than 350 people attended the second annual event.

    Performers from the Hung Gar Kung Fu Academy perform a traditional Lion Dance to open the stage show at the Cabarrus Chinese New Year Festival, Saturday at Cox Mill High School. More than 350 people attended the second annual event.

    Rica Yao performs a Tai Chi sword exercise during the Cabarrus Chinese New Year Festival, held Saturday at Cox Mill High School.

    Rica Yao performs a Tai Chi sword exercise during the Cabarrus Chinese New Year Festival, held Saturday at Cox Mill High School.