After Typhoon Mangkhut, Hong Kong celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival with dazzling fire dragons
Updated 11:03, 27-Sep-2018
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Hong Kong celebrates the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival with Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance, a one-of-a-kind spectacle with dragons made of hundreds of burning incense sticks that spins and glow in the dark. /VCG Photo

Hong Kong celebrates the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival with Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance, a one-of-a-kind spectacle with dragons made of hundreds of burning incense sticks that spins and glow in the dark. /VCG Photo

When dancing up and down, it creates stunning trails of light from the dragon's head to the tail. /VCG Photo

When dancing up and down, it creates stunning trails of light from the dragon's head to the tail. /VCG Photo

The Tai Hang Fire Dragon started when a village was ravaged by a typhoon and a plague on the eve of the Mid-Autumn festival. The spectacle is one of the city's long-held traditions and another one of the intangible cultural heritage in China. /VCG Photo

The Tai Hang Fire Dragon started when a village was ravaged by a typhoon and a plague on the eve of the Mid-Autumn festival. The spectacle is one of the city's long-held traditions and another one of the intangible cultural heritage in China. /VCG Photo

The dance pays tribute to the old, and features drums, gongs and lanterns, and follows a 67-meter fire dragon carried by nearly 300 hundreds of trained participants. /VCG Photo

The dance pays tribute to the old, and features drums, gongs and lanterns, and follows a 67-meter fire dragon carried by nearly 300 hundreds of trained participants. /VCG Photo