The Third China International Circus Festival came to a close this weekend in south China's city of Zhuhai. Performers from China, Russia and Belarus claimed the top Golden Tiger Awards. 

A Chinese performance which showed terracotta soldiers reincarnating into brave warriors, and a performance presented by Russia and Belarus won the top prizes at this year's competition.

Audiences were stunned by both teams' highly demanding continuous somersaults on bars and teeter boards. 

"The performance of the Chinese act on the Russia Bar is unique with the four times triple somersault on the Russia Bar. This has never been seen before. It's unique. And then all the triples and other interesting jumps of the teeter board act from Russian Vampire is also great and in every show it's perfect. No mistake. Perfect, really fine," said Urs Pilz, competition judge.

A Chinese performance which showed terracotta soldiers reincarnating into brave warriors, and a performance presented by Russia and Belarus won the top prizes at this year's competition.

This year's event saw over 400 teams from around the world compete for the two Golden Tiger Awards, three Silver Tiger Awards and four Bronze Tiger Awards. 27 world-famous teams made it to the finals, which lasted 2 days.

The performances in the competition included extreme sports, acrobatics, stunts, clown shows and magic shows. There were also six public shows in both Zhuhai and Macao.

"Incredible arrive at this level in just three editions, because all the acts is really very very good acts, it’s the first level around the world. The organization do very nice work, because in just three editions nobody around the world arrive at this levels," said judge Matabosch Genis. 

The festival ran from Nov 18th to the 26th, and was the third edition of the annual China International Circus Festival. The fourth edition will be held next November in Zhuhai.