Iron flower Yinchuan, China

The iron flower, which is popular in yujin area, has a long history dating back to the spring and autumn period and the warring states period. At the peak of Ming and qing dynasties, more than a thousand years of history.

It is a kind of activity which is held by the folk artisans and laole mountain road people to worship Taoist ancestor. It was promulgated by the state council and the ministry of culture as "national intangible cultural heritage" in 2008.