This river dance features dragons

TAIYUAN: On the 15th day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar each year, Wu Xia and her fellow villagers walk 10 miles to the "99 Turns of the Yellow River", where they perform a dragon dance on the banks of this twisting section of China's Mother River.

The farmers who live beside it believe if they perform the dance for five days in a row during the Spring Festival, they will have a peaceful year.

"Sometimes, there can be more than 100 dragons all dancing at the same time. The performers come from local villages," Wu, a 50-year-old farmer from the village of Dongmu in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, said.