CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-CHONGQING-TONGLIANG DRAGON DANCE (CN)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-CHONGQING-TONGLIANG DRAGON DANCE (CN)

(240129) -- HARBIN, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 29, 2024 shows actors performing a fire dragon dance in a shower of molten iron at the Volga Manor in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. As the final stop of a perform tour which started from Tongliang District of Chongqing Municipality to greet the upcoming Spring Festival, actors of the Tongliang Dragon Dance team staged a grand fire dragon dance show for tourists here on Monday. The dragon dance has a history of thousands of years in Tongliang. In May 2006, the Tongliang Dragon Dance was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Different from regular dragon dances, the fire dragon is the most heart-shaking part of the Tongliang Dragon Dance. The "fires" or "sparks" are molten iron at about 1,500 degrees Celsius. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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                      STORY: British expat amazed by fire dragon dance show in Chongqing, China SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 3, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEX MIDDLETON, British expat 2. various of the preparations for the dragon dance performance 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ALEX MIDDLETON, British expat 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Performer of dragon dance in Tongliang 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LI JING, Captain of Tongliang dragon dance team 6. various of the dragon dance performance 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): ALEX MIDDLETON, British expat STORYLINE The dragon dance has a history of thousands of years in Tongliang, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. With the advent of the Chinese Lunar New Year or the Year of the Dragon, Alex Middleton, a British expat who has lived in Chongqing for 13 years, recently visited Tongliang to discover the culture behind the dragon dance. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEX MIDDLETON, British expat "Hey guys, I'