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Folk art and activities bustle with visitors

CGTN

Exhilarating traditional performances have been going on for two weeks in the lead up to this weekend's Lantern Festival at a local cultural fair north China's Hebei Province, captivating people with their prowess and close interactions with performers and inheritors. 

A performance of the Tongliang Dragon Dance was given in Langfang of north China's Hebei Province during a cultural fair that lasts till the Lantern Festival on February 24, 2024. /CGTN
A performance of the Tongliang Dragon Dance was given in Langfang of north China's Hebei Province during a cultural fair that lasts till the Lantern Festival on February 24, 2024. /CGTN

A performance of the Tongliang Dragon Dance was given in Langfang of north China's Hebei Province during a cultural fair that lasts till the Lantern Festival on February 24, 2024. /CGTN

Recognized as forms of intangible cultural heritage at either provincial-level or country-level, these cultural displays range from the Tongliang Dragon Dance, the embroidery of the Qiang ethnic group, to paper cutting, sugar painting and shadow puppetry. 

A performance of the Tongliang Dragon Dance was given in Langfang of north China's Hebei Province during a cultural fair that lasts till the Lantern Festival on February 24, 2024. /CGTN
A performance of the Tongliang Dragon Dance was given in Langfang of north China's Hebei Province during a cultural fair that lasts till the Lantern Festival on February 24, 2024. /CGTN

A performance of the Tongliang Dragon Dance was given in Langfang of north China's Hebei Province during a cultural fair that lasts till the Lantern Festival on February 24, 2024. /CGTN

Installation artworks, such as an ornamental dragon, a symbol of prayers for good fortune during the period of Lantern Festival, also serve as magnets for fair visitors.

An ornamental dragon, a symbol of prayers for good fortune during the period of Lantern Festival, which is popular in villages of Yueqing, a city in east China's Zhejiang Province, becomes a popular backdrop for photos at a two-week long cultural fair in north China's Hebei Province that lasts till February 24, 2024. /CGTN
An ornamental dragon, a symbol of prayers for good fortune during the period of Lantern Festival, which is popular in villages of Yueqing, a city in east China's Zhejiang Province, becomes a popular backdrop for photos at a two-week long cultural fair in north China's Hebei Province that lasts till February 24, 2024. /CGTN

An ornamental dragon, a symbol of prayers for good fortune during the period of Lantern Festival, which is popular in villages of Yueqing, a city in east China's Zhejiang Province, becomes a popular backdrop for photos at a two-week long cultural fair in north China's Hebei Province that lasts till February 24, 2024. /CGTN

A diverse array of folk art and activities bustle with visitors at a cultural fair in north China's Hebei Province that lasts two weeks until February 24, 2024. /CGTN
A diverse array of folk art and activities bustle with visitors at a cultural fair in north China's Hebei Province that lasts two weeks until February 24, 2024. /CGTN

A diverse array of folk art and activities bustle with visitors at a cultural fair in north China's Hebei Province that lasts two weeks until February 24, 2024. /CGTN

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