Actors perform a fire dragon dance in a shower of molten iron at the Volga Manor in Harbin, northeast China\’s Heilongjiang Province on Jan. 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
As the final stop of a perform tour which started from Tongliang District of Chongqing Municipality to greet the upcoming Spring Festival, actors of the Tongliang Dragon Dance team staged a grand fire dragon dance show for tourists here on Monday.
The dragon dance has a history of thousands of years in Tongliang. In May 2006, the Tongliang Dragon Dance was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Different from regular dragon dances, the fire dragon is the most heart-shaking part of the Tongliang Dragon Dance. The \”fires\” or \”sparks\” are molten iron at about 1,500 degrees Celsius.
Actors perform a fire dragon dance in a shower of molten iron at the Volga Manor in Harbin, northeast China\’s Heilongjiang Province on Jan. 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
Actors perform a fire dragon dance in a shower of molten iron at the Volga Manor in Harbin, northeast China\’s Heilongjiang Province on Jan. 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 29, 2024 shows actors performing a fire dragon dance in a shower of molten iron at the Volga Manor in Harbin, northeast China\’s Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
Actors perform a fire dragon dance in a shower of molten iron at the Volga Manor in Harbin, northeast China\’s Heilongjiang Province on Jan. 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)