Fire Dragon Festival

• Prize
  Bronze in Events/Other
• Photographer
  Lingxiao Kong
• Technical Info
  1/150, 100, 5.6, Medium Format
• Photo Date
  2024.2.24

This photo were taken in Puzhai, China. Every year during the Lantern Festival, the Chinese town of Puzhai holds a Fire Dragon Festival.The fire dragon is made of iron wire, bamboo, paper, etc., with scales, horns and claws painted on it. The dragon head to the tail is tens of meters long and a lit fire dragon is held by thirty or forty shirtless youths. Thousands of fireworks, firecrackers, and rockets are installed on the dragon and there are countless gunpowders in the dragon head and tail.