Guangzhou Chimelong International Circus stages 10,000th performance

22:57, April 18, 2023

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  Lunhua sparkles in Luanping county, North China

  Local folk artists performed lunhua, a local tradition involving pouring molten iron to create a fiery visual spectacle, at the foot of the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall in North China’s Hebei Province on Tuesday. (Photos: Liang Zhiqing/People’s Daily; Compiled by Zhu Dan)Lunhua in Luanping has a history of more than 300 years. It is now performed at tourist destinations across the county, bringing a great experience to tourists. Performers use a long-handled ladle to scoop up molten iron and then skillfully swing it around, often in intricate patterns, to create a spectacular display of sparks.Lunhua is performed in major traditional Chinese festivals such as Chinese New Year and the Lantern Festival, expressing villagers’ wishes for a good harvest.Lunhua was listed as part of China’s national intangible cultural heritage in 2014.I am overwhelmed by the beautiful lunhua performance. The trip to Jinshanling was worth it, audience member Ms. Lu said. We could only climb the Great Wall during the day and rest at night before, now we can enjoy a folk performance at night.According to Liang Zhifu, a master of the lunhua tradition, artists swing a slim barrel to let sparks of molten iron fly, forming a huge and dazzling halo.

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  Giant peony sculpture in Luoyang

  A giant peony sculpture with a diameter of 36 meters and a height of 13 meters has been erected in the Sui and Tang Dynasties City Ruins Botanical Garden in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province. Luoyang was the capital city of 13 dynasties in ancient China and is known as the city of peonies.A giant peony sculpture with a diameter of 36 meters and a height of 13 meters has been erected in the Sui and Tang Dynasties City Ruins Botanical Garden in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province. Luoyang was the capital city of 13 dynasties in ancient China and is known as the city of peonies.A giant peony sculpture with a diameter of 36 meters and a height of 13 meters has been erected in the Sui and Tang Dynasties City Ruins Botanical Garden in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province. Luoyang was the capital city of 13 dynasties in ancient China and is known as the city of peonies.A giant peony sculpture with a diameter of 36 meters and a height of 13 meters has been erected in the Sui and Tang Dynasties City Ruins Botanical Garden in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province. Luoyang was the capital city of 13 dynasties in ancient China and is known as the city of peonies.

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  Moments of the week (04/10-04/16)

  A passenger shows her ticket aboard the first cross-border passenger train from Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan Province to the Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday. The China-Laos Railway started cross-border passenger services on Thursday, a move that is expected to boost regional connectivity. (Photo: Xinhua)Protesters gather before former President Donald Trump arrives in a motorcade for a deposition in New York, on Thursday. (Photo: CFP)People splash water on one another to celebrate the water-splashing festival at a square in Jinghong, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Saturday. (Photo: Xinhua)Elephants splash children with water in celebration of the Songkran Water Festival in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, on Tuesday. (Photo: CFP)Bihu dancers take part in rehearsals days before the Guinness World Record event at Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati, on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)The 40th Weifang International Kite Festival kicked off in East China's Shandong Province, on Saturday. (Photo: CFP)People visit Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu near Tokyo on Saturday, the 40th anniversary of the theme park's opening. (Photo: CFP)A child takes a tour around the tulips at Holland Ridge Farms as people enjoy and pick up tulips in Cream Ridge district of New Jersey, United States on Wednesday. (Photo: CFP)Visitors ride a merry-go-round at the amusement park 'Wunderland Kalkar' (Wonderland Kalkar) in Kalkar, western Germany on Tuesday. Wunderland Kalkar was a nuclear fast breeder (Schneller Brueter), which was completed but never taken online until 1991, and in 1995 Dutch investor Hennie van der Most bought it and transformed into an amusement park. (Photo: AFP)People release a sky lantern during the annual Water Splashing Festival in Jinghong, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Thursday. (Photo: Xinhua)

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  Migratory birds arrive at Bosten Lake in Xinjiang

  As the temperature continues to rise, migratory birds are seen hovering, chasing and foraging at Bosten Lake in Bohu county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Covering an area of 1,646 square kilometers, Bosten Lake is the largest inland freshwater lake in China and an important habitat and transfer station for migratory birds. As the temperature continues to rise, migratory birds are seen hovering, chasing and foraging at Bosten Lake in Bohu county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Covering an area of 1,646 square kilometers, Bosten Lake is the largest inland freshwater lake in China and an important habitat and transfer station for migratory birds. As the temperature continues to rise, migratory birds are seen hovering, chasing and foraging at Bosten Lake in Bohu county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Covering an area of 1,646 square kilometers, Bosten Lake is the largest inland freshwater lake in China and an important habitat and transfer station for migratory birds. As the temperature continues to rise, migratory birds are seen hovering, chasing and foraging at Bosten Lake in Bohu county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Covering an area of 1,646 square kilometers, Bosten Lake is the largest inland freshwater lake in China and an important habitat and transfer station for migratory birds.