Artists perform traditional spark swinging, or lunhua, for tourists at the foot of the Jinshanling Great Wall in Luanping county of Chengde, a city in North China's Hebei Province. Listed as a national intangible cultural heritage, lunhua is a fiery molten iron spectacle and a festive prayer for a good harvest. (Photos: Zhou Jie)

Artists perform traditional spark swinging, or lunhua, for tourists at the foot of the Jinshanling Great Wall in Luanping county of Chengde, a city in North China's Hebei Province. Listed as a national intangible cultural heritage, lunhua is a fiery molten iron spectacle and a festive prayer for a good harvest.

Artists perform traditional spark swinging, or lunhua, for tourists at the foot of the Jinshanling Great Wall in Luanping county of Chengde, a city in North China's Hebei Province. Listed as a national intangible cultural heritage, lunhua is a fiery molten iron spectacle and a festive prayer for a good harvest.

Artists perform traditional spark swinging, or lunhua, for tourists at the foot of the Jinshanling Great Wall in Luanping county of Chengde, a city in North China's Hebei Province. Listed as a national intangible cultural heritage, lunhua is a fiery molten iron spectacle and a festive prayer for a good harvest.

Artists perform traditional spark swinging, or lunhua, for tourists at the foot of the Jinshanling Great Wall in Luanping county of Chengde, a city in North China's Hebei Province. Listed as a national intangible cultural heritage, lunhua is a fiery molten iron spectacle and a festive prayer for a good harvest.