Lin Shunkui looks at his ornamental dragon at home in Beibaixiang Town of Yueqing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Having a history of more than 400 years, the ornamental dragon, a sacrifice to pray for good fortune during the period of Lantern Festival, is popular in villages of Yueqing City in Zhejiang Province. Lin Shunkui, an inheritor of the handicraft of ornamental dragon, is born in 1956 in Dongchan Village of Beibaixiang Town. Learning the art since he was young from his father, who is a master of fine paper-cutting, Lin has been in the walk for more than 40 years and has been famous for his exquisite handicraft.
Lin Shunkui shows his tools for making ornamental dragon at home in Beibaixiang Town of Yueqing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
The making procedures of the ornamental dragon require high standards and needs preparation of more than half a year. The craftsman must be proficient in various vocations such as paper-cutting, carpentry, painting and machinery. Usually having a height of four meters, a length of three meters and a width of two meters, the ornamental dragon displays about 300 figures in more than 80 cabinets, which are driven by gears hidden inside the dragon body. The handicraft of ornamental dragon was listed as one of the national intangible cultural heritages in October of 2014.
Villagers participate in the ornamental dragon parade in Gaoao of Beibaixiang Town of Yueqing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhu Weixi)
A deicing vehicle works on a plane at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2019. Some flights of the airport were delayed or cancelled due to the snowfall on Thursday. (Xinhua)
Snow removal trucks work at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2019. Some flights of the airport were delayed or cancelled due to the snowfall on Thursday. (Xinhua)
A staff member works during a preflight check in snow at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2019. Some flights of the airport were delayed or cancelled due to the snowfall on Thursday. (Xinhua)
Interior view of a new subway station on Metro Line 2 in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Feb 13, 2019.
Featuring flower and butterfly decorations, the station has been dubbed the most fantastic subway station in the city. It is scheduled go into service next week. [Photo/IC]
A man takes photos of the decorations inside a new subway station on Metro Line 2 in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Feb 13, 2019. [Photo/IC]
An acrobatic actor dressed up as the God of Wealth drops hongbao (red envelopes) down to the audience as he rides a bicycle on a tightrope in a park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Feb 9, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Dancers prepare for a ritual performance at Du Fu Thatched Cottage, a museum named for the noted poet of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), at his renovated house in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Feb 11, 2019. The ceremony celebrates Renri, or Day of the People, which traditionally takes place on the seventh day of the first month of the lunar calendar. [He Haiyang/For China Daily]
Tourists wear animal hats to withstand the cold in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Feb 12, 2019, when temperatures fell to -22 C. [Photo/IC]
A visitor at the Forbidden City smiles as snow falls in Beijing on Feb 12, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Doctors operate a surgical robot to do surgery on a patient at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in Zhengzhou, Henan province, Feb 12, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Hundreds of little "calligraphers" ages 6 to 14 write the Chinese character "Fu", meaning "luck", at Taiyuan Railway Station and hand them out to passengers going back home for family reunions as Chinese New Year approaches, Taiyuan, Shanxi province, Jan 25, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Child actors paint another's face for their Shehuo performance (a show celebrating the customs of traditional Chinese festivals) at Qingquan village, Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei province, Jan 26, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
A lantern with a dragon and phoenix theme lights up and is reflected in the river in Wuzhen, East China's Zhejiang province, Jan 28, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Folk artisans perform dragon dances at a scenic area in Qingzhou, a county-level city in Weifang, East China's Shandong province, Jan 28, 2019. [Photo/IC]
The 3,000-year-old returned Chinese bronze vessel Tiger Ying is on display in an exclusive exhibition at the National Museum of China, Jan 29, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
A helicopter picks up members of China's 35th Antarctic expedition team from the Zhongshan Station to China's research icebreaker Xuelong, Feb. 13, 2019.
China's research icebreaker Xuelong, with 126 crew members aboard on the 35th Antarctic research mission, on Thursday local time left the Zhongshan Station on its way back to China. Snow Eagle 601, China's first fixed-wing aircraft for polar flight, on Thursday night also departed from the Antarctic after completing all assignments. (all photos by..Xinhua/Liu Shiping)
Staff members works in the operating room at Nanning East Railway Station in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 15, 2019. Staff members at the station provide service for around 60,000 passengers per day during the Spring Festival travel rush. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
A volunteer gives directions to a passenger at Nanning East Railway Station in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
A staff member retrieves unprinted train tickets at Nanning East Railway Station in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
A staff member conducts security check at Nanning East Railway Station in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
A staff member maintains an escalator at Nanning East Railway Station in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 15, 2019. Staff members at the station provide service for around 60,000 passengers per day during the Spring Festival travel rush. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
A customer selects imported goods at a bonded commodities exhibition and trading center in Southwest China's Chongqing, on Jan 18, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
A cleaning robot equipped with a monitor works at the waiting hall during the Spring Festival travel rush at a railway station in Harbin city, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Jan 21, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Robotic police tanks are ready to patrol the waiting hall during the Spring Festival travel rush at the Shenzhen Railway Station in Shenzhen city, South China's Guangdong province, on Jan 21, 2019. [Photo/IC]
An officer from Hong Kong's Correctional Services Department arranges robots that are used to teach inmates vocational skills on science, technology, engineering and mathematics at a prison in Hong Kong, on Feb 14, 2019. [Photo/IC]
A doctor shows a swallowable pill-sized robot that can perform endoscopies or 360-degree examinations of the digestive tract in patient's stomach at a hospital in Wuhan city, Central China's Hubei province, on Jan 3, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Members of a performing team of lusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, go to attend an event celebrating "hundred-bird dress" festival in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Villagers carrying lusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, go to attend an event celebrating "hundred-bird dress" festival in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
The Miao ethnic group dances to celebrate "hundred-bird dress" festival in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
A woman of Miao ethnic group watches performance celebrating "hundred-bird dress" festival in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)