In step with tradition

Tengpa Anye, 69, who began to learn the lion dance from his father at 13, is an inheritor of the Xobando lion dance art. In the past, Tengpa had to make lion dance props by himself because he could not afford the ready-made ones. Nowadays, thanks to improved living conditions and support from the local authorities, Tengpa and his students can use professionally prepared props and enjoy opportunities to appear at major performance events.