Zhu Jingxi (center) performs as Mu Guiying, the heroine of a traditional Dixi Opera, while Zhou Mingjiang (right) adds electronic beats during a performance in Anshun, Guizhou province. [Photo ...

In the early morning and late at night, monks still rise to sing the divine office, their voices low and hoarse from sleep. With every breath they are keeping alive a centuries-old tradition in ...

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup arrives in Canada, Mexico and the United States, one contest has already begun online: the fight over who sounds like a “real” soccer fan. Fans in the US have been mocked on ...

The world's soccer fans are coming to America's beloved NFL stadiums, and they're bringing their drums, their scarves, and — most of all — their chants. Intricate, melodic multi-verse chants, sung in ...

The Black Crowes got into it with a segment of fans who started booing after frontman Chris Robinson rebuffed their “U.S.A.” chants at Sunday’s show in Tampa, Florida. According to various reports, ...

It’s already tonight in Beijing, where President Donald Trump and his large entourage of Cabinet members, plus former Cabinet member Elon Musk, just arrived aboard Air Force One for his big China ...

Donald Trump's motorcade stops to enjoy watching chanting Chinese children after touching down in China. Meghan Markle's family photos stir timing controversy Trump's SAVE America Act stalls as ...

Researchers believe that chanting may induce altered states of consciousness—but they aren’t completely sure why. Possible reasons includes vagus nerve stimulation, increased interpersonal synchrony, ...

In addition to cycling through 12 animals each year, the Chinese zodiac also rotates between the five traditional Chinese elements—earth, wood, fire, metal and water. A lantern set of horses during a ...

Hull City have announced that arrests have been made over discriminatory chanting during their fourth-round FA Cup loss against Chelsea on Friday. A warning was sounded over the PA system to stop the ...

The viral meme isn’t really about China or actual Chinese people. It's a symbol of what Americans believe their own country has lost. It’s hard to quantify a zeitgeist, but here at WIRED, chronically ...