Xinhua Headlines: The loong story: China's zodiac animal is not the fire-breathing dragon

Xinhua Headlines: The loong story: China's zodiac animal is not the fire-breathing dragon

(240209) -- BEIJING, Feb. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Members of a Tongliang Dragon Dance performing troupe perform "fire dragon dance" in a shower of molten iron in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Jan. 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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