Dancers perform the Zaoli dance to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in the town of Fengting, Xianyou county of Putian city in Fujian province. [Photo by Cai Hao/For chinadaily.com.cn]

The dancers make a mysterious entrance, dressing in grass shoes and black and red attire with red sashes around their waists. They move in intricate patterns, stepping forward and backward in a dance of 36 steps before coming to a halt.

Zhou Yankun, a visitor from Shenyang, Liaoning province, said that the performance was "particularly moving" and hoped for the continued preservation and promotion of this unique tradition.

A Shanghai-based video blogger, Lily, also shared her fascination with this distinctive folk art, planning to create an English video to showcase China's rich cultural history to a global audience.