Traditional celebrations for Lantern Festival held in Yantai

3. Traditional folk performances

Yantai has launched colorful festive performances featuring Yongko dances, walking stilts performances, and waist drum dances in downtown, Laishan district, Fushan district and the high-tech zone.

A traditional yangko contest featuring square dance, fitness dance and traditional yangko is staged at Nanshan Park on Feb 19 to celebrate the Lantern Festival. Yangko dance is a traditional festive performance widespread in Northern China. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Fushan district organized a grand yangko show on Feb 19. More than 2,000 dance artists from 20 teams got together to showcase the charms of Chinese intangible cultural heritages including traditional yangko and walking stilts performances. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Residents in Laishan district of Yantai display a series of folk performances at Jiaodong Culture Square on Feb 19. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Tradiditional yangko performances are staged in Yantai's high-tech zone on Feb 19. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]