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Video. China celebrates Spring Festival with lion dances at Great Wall of China

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China marked the Spring Festival with lion and dragon dances at the Badaling Great Wall on 19 February 2026. The shows formed part of New Year celebrations linked to the Year of the Fire Horse.

From 16 to 22 February, visitors joined night tours between South Tower 4 and North Tower 4. More than 1,000 lanterns lit the stone walls from 6 to 9 pm, while performers danced along Great Wall Cultural Street towards Guancheng Platform. Organisers mixed traditional routines from Yanqing with newer elements such as robotic lions and short Peking Opera excerpts.

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The programme runs until 28 February and aims to draw winter tourists. Tickets were sold through WeChat. Despite the cold, crowds gathered for a bright and busy start to the lunar year.

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