CHINA-ANHUI-HUANGSHAN-LONGTAITOU DAY-CELEBRATION-STRAW-WOVEN DRAGON (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-HUANGSHAN-LONGTAITOU DAY-CELEBRATION-STRAW-WOVEN DRAGON (CN)

(220304) -- HUANGSHAN, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A villager checks the straw-woven dragon ahead of the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. Straw-woven dragons with more than ten meters in length were handcrafted by local villagers for dragon-dance performance to greet the day of Longtaitou, which literally means "dragon raises head". Heralding the start of the spring plowing season, the Longtaitou Day, the second day of the second lunar month, falls on Friday this year. Villagers perform dragon dance to pray for harvest and auspiciousness. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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