For this reason, people began to perform the lion dance before the Spring Festival to chase bad luck away.

因此，人们开始在春节前表演舞狮来驱赶厄运。

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The Dragon Dance and Lion Dance are traditionally performed during the festival.

耍龙灯和舞狮子是春节期间的传统项目。

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Dance and Lion Dance are traditionally performed during the festival.

耍龙灯和舞狮子是春节期间的传统项目。

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To drive away evil spirits, 500, 000 rounds of eardrum-testing pyrotechnics will be set off at Sara Roosevelt Park in Chinatown at the New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival on 10 February, before lion and dragon dance troupes make the rounds to local businesses to ring in the Year of the Snake.

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