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Zhuji, Zhejiang: Dancing Dragon Lantern to Welcome the New Year

08:36, February 6, 2024 | Source: Xinhua
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Original title: Zhuji, Zhejiang: Dragon Dance for the New Year

On February 5, the dragon dance team performed in a square in Fengjiang Zhoucun (UAV photo).

On the same day, Fengjiang Zhou Village, Anhua Town, Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province held a dragon lantern dance activity in the Zhou Clan Ancestral Temple. Dragon dance is a traditional custom of Fengjiang Zhoucun, which started in the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty.

Photographed by Weng Xinyang, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency

(Editor in charge: Wang Lianxiang, Yang Di)

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