A man walks through burning charcoal as he participates in the traditional ritual called lianhuo, or “fire walking”, in Pan’an county, Zhejiang province, China, yesterday. Lianhuo, a traditional local ritual that was listed in 2005 as an intangible cultural heritage of the province, usually requires dozens of men to walk past burning charcoal or firewood barefooted as a way to ward off evil and pray for good fortune.