Ethnic Festivals

People of the Buyi ethnic group in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Saturday celebrated the “San Yue San” Festival which falls on the third day of the third month...

Frog totem and “Ma Guai Festival” As many other nationalities, the Zhuang people also have totems, worshipping the sun, the moon, the stars, thunder and light, crocodiles, snakes, dogs,...

March 3rd is the biggest songfest date in Zhuang region, also named Song Fairy Festival (Ge Xian Jie), a folk festival in memory of Liu Sanjie. In 1984, the...

Panhu Worshipping and Panwang Festival Panhu, which is also called Panwang and Pangu, is the name of a legendary dragonlike dog. Panhu is actually a totem to the Yao...

Tujia people have many festivals, but “Catching the New Year” is the grandest and most cheerful one. “Catching the New Year” means to celebrate one day before the Han...

The “Pumpkin Festival” of the Maonan nationality is set on September 9 in lunar calendar, namely the Double Ninth Festival. Every household put the reaped big orange pumpkins in...

Among numerous customs of the Maonan nationality, “flying birds” on January 15 of the lunar year is the most characteristic and interesting one. A legend goes with it that...

“Slope Walking Festival” to Convey Love The “slope walking festival” is generally held in the slack seasons of spring and autumn. It is celebrated between the Spring Festival and...

“Yi Fan Holiday” features the grandest festival of Mulao people, also called “Zhi Le Gu.” In the holiday, Mulao people pray to the god to drive away the evils,...

Ox Birth Festival—April 8th There are a lot of festivals for Mulao ethnic group. There are festivals in nearly each month in a year. For instance, the Spring Festival,...