At a recent grand Spring Festival village evening gala in Chongqing's Yongchuan district on Jan 16, the audience was captivated by the Anren Bench Dragon Dance, a form of national intangible cultural heritage from Dazhou, Sichuan province.
The nine performers each held a bench dragon made from straw and placed on a 4-kilogram bench, while a 10th performer holding a red "pearl" on a long stick mimicked dragons splashing in water and playfully chasing after the pearl.
