Culture&Life | Spectacular "Wulong Xuhua" lights up Lantern Festival night in SW China's Guizhou-Xinhua

Culture&Life | Spectacular "Wulong Xuhua" lights up Lantern Festival night in SW China's Guizhou

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-02-12 19:09:15

People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025.  (Xinhua/Tao Liang)

TAIJIANG, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) --The traditional "Wulong Xuhua" show is a genre of dragon dance performed amid fireworks by the Miao ethnic group. "Wulong" means the dragon dance, while "Xuhua" refers to a local specialty firework. Over 100 dragon dance teams gathered here to celebrate the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on Feb. 12 this year.

People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)■

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