FujianPano | Traditional string lion dance wows audience during Chinese Spring Festival

(250201) -- FUZHOU, Feb. 1, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Members of Xingxian string lion dance team perform in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 30, 2025. During the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, a group of young members of the string lion dance team from Huotong Town of Ningde City in Fujian Province, staged a splendid performance in Fuzhou. The Huotong String Lion Dance, characterized by controlling lion puppets with strings, is a unique folk art in Ningde, which was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

FUZHOU, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — During the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, a group of young members of the string lion dance team from Huotong Town of Ningde City in Fujian Province, staged a splendid performance in Fuzhou.

The Huotong String Lion Dance, characterized by controlling lion puppets with strings, is a unique folk art in Ningde, which was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.