Loong’s Dance in a Millennial Stardust

Photographer

Zile Zhou

Category

International Photography - China Photography

Company

Zile Zhou

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2026

Country / Region:

China

The photos were taken during the Chinese Lunar New Year, capturing the awe-inspiring moment of the national intangible cultural heritage, "Fire Loong Steel Flower". The bare-chested craftsman is striving to hit the thousand-degree molten iron, and the sky is filled with a rain of fire like stars falling. The loong head looks up to the sky, and the body leaps and flies in the rain of fire. This is not only the inheritance of skills, but also the eternal dance of civilization genes in the flames.