Fashion, tradition light up Lantern Festival at Beijing's art zone

"All the teapots, handbags and accessories featured in the catwalk and an online showroom were all sourced from more than 30 businesses, designer brands, and art institutions based right here in the district," a publicist of the Beijing 798 Culture and Technology Co., organizer of the event, told China Daily Website.

Adding to the visual feast was the dance performance Sancai Amidst a Thousand Lamps. Lantern-holding dancers, styled as sancai (tricolor-glazed) pottery figurines from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), performed with fluid grace against the backdrop of the area's weathered factory buildings. These industrial heritage sites, now repurposed as galleries and studios, provided a stark, modern contrast to the classical movements of the performers.