China’s terrifying and dazzling molten metal festival at risk of dying out, performers say
Wang De does not mind a bit of danger.
Every year during China’s Lunar New Year festival, he risks severe burns to give his neighbours — and an increasing number of tourists — a good show.
He is one of just four men in a small town called Nuanquan skilled in the art of the “Iron Flower”.
It is a 500-year-old tradition, which arose from the region’s history of iron production.
“While rich people had fireworks, poor people in this region created their own by flinging molten iron on the city wall,” he said.
When the molten metal hits the cold brick, it explodes into brightly glowing shards.
What started as a cheap way to celebrate the New Year gradually became a Nuanquan institution, with locals donating their scrap metal for the celebration.
“The tradition continues to this day,” Mr Wang said.
But with Mr Wang struggling to get younger people interested in the practice, he is worried this tradition could one day be lost forever.
ABC
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