00:00Dance, drums and dogs. Robotic dogs to be exact.
00:07The Zhejiang UK Association hit the streets of London on Saturday.
00:11The group wanted to share a piece of Chinese culture with the city's residents.
00:15And they put on quite a show.
00:18It's a great day. The Lord Mayor's show is 800 years of history.
00:22And then we bring the element of 2,000 years of history of the drum dance.
00:26It's representing the culture, harmony. It's really a great day.
00:31We're dancing through and we tap our chopsticks.
00:35Our team were shouting and smiling all the way along.
00:39So it's really exciting, yeah.
00:42The Lord Mayor's show is a celebration of the cultures that give London its energy.
00:47And there was no shortage of that this time around.
00:50There's a real buzz right here in the heart of London.
00:53Even Big Ben has stopped to watch the show.
00:56The show is part of a tradition going back nearly 800 years.
01:01But the Zhejiang performers say its message matters more than ever.
01:05It's showing our children that everyone can get on, no matter what religion, what race, what background.
01:11It was just lovely to see such relationships being formed today.
01:17Of course, no Chinese parade is complete without Chinese pandas.
01:22It was good to see so many children.
01:24They're shouting, panda, panda, and they want to high-five.
01:28And people were saying, panda, looking this way.
01:31It was really exciting to see them.
01:33This event is a very British tradition.
01:36But there was a very Chinese flavor.
01:39And that's what the show is all about.
01:41Unity in diversity.
01:43Michael Merilia, CGTN, London.
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