# @gettyimages on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BgG55rnD67s
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16449958-gettyimages-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/7655ef5e0e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-03-09T15:42:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

Sparks fly in the rural town of Xiaohu in eastern #China as villagers “eat” flowers for the New Year.
Hoping to cleanse themselves of evil spirits, bare-chested men shower in fountains of incandescent sparks in a spectacular display of fire and light. Opening their mouths to the fireworks, they pretend to “eat” the sparks, thus giving it the name “eating flowers."
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📷: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images | #YearoftheDog #LunarNewYear

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## Tags

china, yearofthedog, lunarnewyear

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