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Longsheng County Festivals and Events

Longsheng, a place with many ethnic minorities, has many unique folk festivals and the strong customs, which have become the major scenery line of Guilin Tourism. Although there are many traditional festivals in China, the most exciting is undoubtedly unique festivals for all ethnic groups. Here, China Dragon Tours will introduce the representative ethnic festivals in Longsheng County.

Longsheng Yao Red Clothes Festival(龙胜瑶族红衣节)

As a unique ethnic group in Longsheng, Guilin, Guangxi Province, the Yao people celebrate their Red Clothes Festival every year, which has progressed for a long history successfully since Yuan Dynasty. Each March 15 or April 8, Yao people in Longji Rice Terraces will dress up and go to Lei shui Street, Longsheng Town, Guangxi Province to celebrate Red Clothes Festival. Just like other festivals, this festival serves as an ideal chance for bachelors to find their sweethearts. During a Longsheng trip, the long-haired Yao women with red clothes will light up your eyes. They refer to a sub-group of the Yao people in Longsheng, and have been named "Hong Yao" because the women wear red clothes. Typically, a national costume of Red Yao features bright red clothes and dark blue knee length skirts. Red Yao women are experts in weaving, dyeing and embroidery.

Longji Plowing Festival(龙脊开耕节)

Longji Plowing Festival is regarded as the most significant festival for Zhuang people in Longsheng. The Plowing Festival is a traditional festival in Longji. After the Qingming and Grain Rain(6th solar term), cuckoos in the mountain begin to scream, which remind people of the coming spring season. The villagers in Longji will choose a good day. Under the leadership of Zhailao(寨老) and Shigong(师公), they will go to offer incense to gnome(local God of the land) before plowing every year and pray for the gods to bless the good weather for the crops and an abundant harvest of all crops for the whole village. After the completion of the ceremony, the six sound of firecracker is indicated that the plowing begins.

Long Hair Festival( 长发节)

The Long Hair Festival is celebrated on March 3 of the Chinese lunar calendar. The Red Yao women of a small Chinese village-Huangluo(黄洛) have always cherished their hair as sacred. A girl is allowed to cut her hair just once in her life—for her 18th birthday. A short haircut along with a scarf she has to wear is indicated that she is looking for a husband. Meanwhile, cropped hair is made into an ornamental piece and is kept by her grandmother until the girl gets married. Then the bunch of hair is gifted to her groom, and afterwards, it becomes a part of her everyday hairdo. It is worth mentioning that Huangluo Yao Village is also known as Long Hair Village at home and abroad. Here, even the 80-year-old grandmother keeps a bunch of long black hair. Come here, you may know the secret why they keep a bunch of long black hair.

New Year of Dong People(侗年)

The New Year of Dong people Year is a traditional festival for the Dong people. There have been different dates in the past few years, but most of them are held between the first day and the eleventh day of November according to the lunar calendar. During the festival, each family butchers pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks. On the day before the festival, villagers prepare tofu, fish and shrimp and cook them with sour water at night, which become "frozen dishes". On the festival, they offer the "frozen dishes" to worship ancestors, after then, they treat friends and relatives.

Jisa Festival of Dong People(侗族祭萨节)

Jiasa Festival is a traditional festival of the Dong people. It is held on the first day of the second month of the lunar calendar. It is the only festival that is after the Chinese New Year in the local area . On the day of the festival, there are activities, such as drinking oil tea, eating glutinous rice, Dong nationality original song and dance performance, drinking safe porridge, etc.