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Special water dragon dance staged in China's Chongqing

Dazzling performances of water dragon dance staged in ancient town of Anju in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality have attracted both locals and tourists alike.

Known as an intangible cultural heritage, the unique traditional dragon dance is one of celebration events held by locals to mark the upcoming Duanwu Festival, or Dragon Boat Festival, which is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar and falls on June 10 this year.

Different from common ones, the water dragon dance goes on with water being sprayed by surrounding spectators to the 10 performers holding 18-meter-long flexible puppet of a dragon while walking down the streets.

It's considered that splashing water to the dragon brings luck in traditional Chinese culture, therefore both performers and viewers are happy with their clothes getting soaked.

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