One netizen with the alias kylin wrote, "I can say free media works the same way as less-free media. From Wordnik.com. [Ohmynews International] Reference
Lam Thi Hien, a kylin mask maker in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, says decorating the kylin is the most difficult part of making the toys. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Hien's deaf-mute daughter Lam Thi Ngoc Ngan paints a kylin mask. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The masks are smaller versions of the heads used in kylin dancing. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Nhut says color-mixing is the greatest of most kylin families 'secrets. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"Most kids here just love kylin dancing and want to have a mask of their own.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
Nhut's family is known for making some of the most brightly-colored kylin masks in town. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The kylin is one of the four most sacred animals in Vietnamese culture alongside the long. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"My children set aside all their free time to join me during the peak kylin season," he says. From Wordnik.com. Reference
HCMC's Cho Lon (Big market) quarter, otherwise known as Chinatown, is considered the country's kylin mask capital. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He had fallen in love with the sacred animal as a child and taught himself to make the kylin masks as a young boy. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The art was handed down to Hien from her father, who was a member of a famous kylin dancing troupe in the city decades ago. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Hua Huu Sang, a Nguyen Chi Thanh Street kylin maker in HCMC, also learned this craft from his father and is imparting the skills to his children. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Handmade hair, eyes, eyelashes and eyebrows among and other details are also usually glued onto kylin masks, which can even wink and blink as well as raise their nostrils and ears. From Wordnik.com. Reference
More than 50 Cho Lon shops in District 5 specialize in making and selling kylin masks, expecially on Trieu Quang Phuc and Luong Nhu Hoc streets as well as District 10's nearby Nguyen Chi Thanh Street. From Wordnik.com. Reference
(dragon, kylin, turtle and phoenix) and the four symbolic flora of the four seasons (apricot, orchid, daisy and bamboo). From Wordnik.com. Reference
Comments kylin. From Wordnik.com. [Google, Facebook Battle For Computer Science Grads. Salaries Soar.] Reference
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