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A Happy New Year Holiday

Today is the Spring Festival. The weather is crisp and clear, and the sun is shining brightly. Even from inside the house, people can hear the deafening sound of firecrackers. My whole family went to Xinhui to watch the lion dance.

This is the annual Xinhui Guifeng Temple Fair. Every performance here is wonderful, featuring face-changing, drama, acrobatics... but what we came to see is the lion dance.

Before long, the lion dance performance began. To the beat of strong, powerful drums, a male lion leaped into the air, landing steadily on a one-meter-high platform. It stood firmly on top, shaking its head and wagging its tail, its eyes blinking and its mane quivering. Suddenly, it leaped again, in the blink of an eye jumping to another high platform. During the performance, the two lion dancers completed thrilling and difficult moves on the high platforms, truly leaving the audience in awe!

 

 

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