Over 50,000 people visited the 798 Art District in Beijing on Tuesday evening, where they were treated to a unique Lantern Festival celebration that blended high fashion with tradition.

In collaboration with the China Fashion Association, the art zone transformed its iconic boulevard into an open-air runway for the evening's premier event: a public fashion show.

Dozens of models of all ages strutted the catwalk to showcase garments and accessories made with intangible cultural heritage fabrics and techniques such as the shujin brocade from Sichuan province, xiangyunsha(gambiered Guangdong gauze), and Nanjing velvet flowers, presenting a visual feast of mesmerizing designs and living heritage.