The third Bashan Spring Festival Folk Flower Parade will be staged from Jan 22 to Feb 5 at the Bashan Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Tourism Demonstration Base in Zibo city, located in East China's Shandong province.
Folk artists will perform the national intangible cultural heritage ceremony called Datiehua. It's a spectacular display – which in Chinese literally means "iron flowers" – created by banging molten iron with hammers to create an extraordinary shower of sparks. The performance will be staged every from 19:30 – 20:00 hrs on Jan 22 to Feb 5.
A view of the Datiehua performance. [Photo/zbnews.net]
Traditional folk plays, Yangko dances, dragon and lion dances and walking on stilts will also be performed there.
Various lanterns are necessary for a traditional flower parade. This year's lanterns are designed with design elements including traditional Chinese classic stories, the Bashan cultural landscape and traditional Chinese medicine culture.
A parade float themed with Traditional Chinese medicine culture passes by a road. [Photo/zbnews.net]
In addition, there will be a lot of delicious snacks at the event, allowing visitors stroll, play and eat at the same time.
The Bashan Chinese Traditional Medicine Health Tourism Demonstration Base is decorated with colorful lanterns. [Photo/zbnews.net]
