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Making Iron Flower, Lantern Show, Romantic Fireworks, Dress up the Millennium Ancient Town

09:16, June 20, 2023 | Source: People's Network
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 Night view of Dayang Ancient Town (UAV photo). Photographed by Wang Tianle, reporter of People's Daily Online
Night view of Dayang Ancient Town (UAV photo). Photographed by Wang Tianle, reporter of People's Daily Online

People's Daily Online, Beijing, June 20 (Reporter Lu Jing, Wang Tianle) Hot iron flowers blossomed in the night sky, and red lanterns lit up the ancient street... On the evening of June 19, Dayang Ancient Town, a millennium old town in Jincheng, Shanxi Province, was ablaze with lights, playing iron flowers, light shows, red lantern viewing street and other exhibition activities, bringing visitors an unforgettable visual feast.

"How beautiful! It was a worthwhile trip!" The audience around the performance said that seeing the iron flowers in full bloom was like seeing a meteor shower, and they couldn't help wishing.

Nowadays, "Intangible Cultural Heritage Tourism" is very popular. As one of China's intangible cultural heritages, forging iron flowers is more popular. During the performance, the craftsman scooped up more than 1000 degrees of molten iron with customized boards and threw it into the air. The hot molten iron splashed on all sides, forming beautiful "fireworks", which bloomed heartily on summer nights.

After watching the Iron Flower Show, you can also visit the street view of the ancient town. The red lanterns hanging high set off the old town. The ancient town is divided into East Dayang and West Dayang. Most of the buildings have a history of more than four or five hundred years, some even thousands of years.

One brick, one stone, one street, one lane and other ancient buildings, such as the Xigong Pavilion, the ruins of Princess Gao's Mansion, the Tianguan Mansion, the Eighteenth Courtyard of the Pei Family, the House of Zhang's Ancestor, the Changhan Academy, the Chessboard Academy, and the No. 1 Scholar's Mansion, make people accidentally touch the "history".

(Editor in charge: Wang Lianxiang, Lv Qian) Share to let more people see

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