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...

The “Ma Guai Festival,” also known as the “Frog Festival,” is a significant cultural event among the Zhuang people, specifically in areas like Donglan, Bama, Tian’e, and Fengshan. It...

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, also known as Panwang or Pangu, holds significant cultural and historical importance among the Yao people, a minority group in China. Here’s a summary of the legend and...

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,...