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亮点原创· For many Chinese people, the Lantern Festival marks an 1 to the Chinese New Year. For folk artist Wang De, who is a blacksmith(铁匠） of the 500-year-old art of dashuhua in Yuxian County in the city of Zhangjiakou, it is also the 2 and best time for him to show his craft(手艺)—creating molten(熔化的） iron fireworks.
3 molten iron fireworks, scrap iron(铁屑） is melted to 1,600 $°{\mathrm{C}}$ and thrown 4 a cold wall to blinding effect. Wang and his assistants put on over a dozen dashuhua shows, which 5 tourists as part of the Spring Festival activities each year. The folk artist hopes the 6 can bring more visitors to his hometown.
Dashuhua is an ancient form of fireworks shows that 7 during certain festivals. In ancient times, this was a show that only those people with high social positions could afford. There are only four people 8 in China who have mastered the ancient practice, and three of them are not young.
Because of the risk of the show, it's easy for dashuhua artists to get hurt when they are giving shows. During a show a few years ago, Wang got 9 burnt on his leg and it took over two months to recover.
Both Wang's father and grandfather were blacksmiths. "I learnt the craft from my father. When I was young, I thought it was 10. But years later I also felt it was my duty to pass it on to the next generation," he says.