The ancient town of Huanglongxi is full of lanterns, and the night sky is bright with iron dancing and fire dragons dancing.
Sichuan Online Reporter Wu Menglin Text/Video
Gorgeous iron flowers illuminate the night sky, dazzling, dragon dance tumbling through the fire … … On the evening of February 5th, a series of Lantern Festival activities were held in Huanglongxi Ancient Town, Shuangliu, Chengdu, and the national-level non-legacy "Dragon Lantern Dance" surprised the night sky.
Dragon lantern dance.
The rivers of Huanglong River, Fuhe River and Luxi River in the Millennium ancient town flow quietly. During the Lantern Festival, the buildings with cornices and corners in the ancient town are decorated with lanterns and lanterns, and tourists are weaving, reappearing the prosperity of the ancient Huanglongxi, where "thousands of people hand in their hands every day and ten thousand lights at night".
Dragon lantern dance.
On the day of Lantern Festival, the 23rd International Dragon and Lion Culture and Art Festival was held in Huanglongxi Ancient Town, and various traditional folk cultural performances were prepared for tourists, such as dancing dragons and lions, playing lanterns with sisters, singing trumpets on Fuhe River, and spitting fire, which brought us closer to the Year of China in our memory. The most surprising thing for tourists is the traditional folk custom of Huanglongxi ancient town, which originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the national-level non-legacy "Dragon Lantern Dance". Huanglongxi is also named as "the hometown of China folk art dragon".
Lion dance performance.
The dragon lantern dance in Huanglongxi is a combination of dragon, lantern, dance and fire. When the craftsman scoops up the molten iron, throws it into the air and hits it hard, the bright red hot iron juice blooms into gorgeous iron flowers, which are dotted in the sky, accompanied by drums, and the dragon dance is tumbling, hoping for a good weather, health and safety in the new year.
The ancient town of Huanglongxi is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations everywhere.
Photo courtesy of Shuangliu District Media Center