Starting from today, Wuxi's CCTV Wuxi Movie/TV Base will be holding a month-long cultural festival based on China'sGame of Thrones-style saga of warring dynasties, the Three Kingdoms period.

Unlike the HBO TV show, the battles between the kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu were very real, raging over 60 years from 220 to 280 AD.

The festival will feature six cultural activities based on this dramatic period of Chinese history, including stages shows, performances of ancient dances and a poetry contest.

Martial-arts performers dressed in traditional Han costumes put on a high-kicking show at Wuxi Movie/TV Base. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A parade led by actors dressed as the lead characters from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of China's Four Great Classical Novels telling the story of the Three Kingdoms period (220-280), will be carried out at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm every day during the festival. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]