The annual Perseid meteor shower reached its peak in the early hours of Wednesday, lighting up the skies over Yinchuan in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

Photographers and stargazers gathered at the Helan Mountain rock art site to witness one of the year's most spectacular astronomical events.

As meteors streaked across the heavens, their luminous trails created fleeting bursts of light that stood out against a backdrop of ancient rock carvings, offering what observers described as a "dialogue across millennia" between the cosmos and the historic landscape.

Video by Qi Yingtao/provided to chinadaily.com.cn