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Chinese entertainers perform a fire dragon dance to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Puzhai town, Fengshun county, Meizhou city, south China's Guangdong province, February 19, 2019. The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first month of Chinese lunar calendar, the first night to see a full moon which is a symbol of happiness. During the festival, various folk events, like beating drums, lion dance, watching lanterns and fireworks, are held to pray for good luck and prosperity. Puzhai Town in Shunfeng County has a world-famous tradition that people here perform Fire Dragon Dance, an annual folk event with a history of more than 300 years on the night of the festival. The fire dragon used to have only 3 or 4 segments, but now it is more than 30 meters long with its body divided into 11 segments, all of which are stuck of incense sticks. At night, all this produces an incredible spectacle of fire, smoke and dynamic fury as the dragon wends and dances through the street. Now, the "dragon" has wended in Jieyang, Mei County and Shenzhen. (Photo by Huang shaohua / Imaginechina / Imaginechina via AFP)