WASHINGTON – The beat of drums and cymbals rang through Chinatown Park as a pair of lion dancers leapt, dipped and unfurled auspicious Chinese sayings to cheers from a crowd that had gathered for a Mid-Autumn Festival night market on a breezy September autumn evening.
While Chinatown in Washington, DC, has become a shadow of its former self, such community events are drawing young Chinese Americans back and sparking new life in the neighbourhood.