Ethnic Festivals

March 3rd— the Li’s Valentine’s Day March 3rd in the Lunar calendar is a day of grand gathering among Li people once in a year. The gathering site is...

“Chang Ha Festival” features the grandest traditional festival of Jing people. “Chang Ha” in the Jing dialect means singing. There is a legend about the origin of the festival....

A Ceremony to Celebrate the Harvest Gaoshan people have a lot of festivals. However, Gaoshan ethic group also worships spirit, which is thought to flood in everything in the...

MaTou Qin (bowed stringed instrument with a scroll carved like s horse’s head, used by the Mongol nationality) is a traditional musical instrument, richest in the Mongol flavor. It...

Wurigong— Newly-born Festival The “Wurigong” Festival, meaning fun day or sports meeting, is a new holiday created in 1985. It is biennially held in May or June (in the...

Celebrating the harvest: “Mikuolu” May 22th is the most festive day for the Ewenki in the pasturing areas throughout the year, because it is their “Mikuolu”-the festival on which...

Black Ash Applied to the Face to Predict Auspice Spring festival is the most important one to the Daur people. On that day, people stop working, put up New...

Gurbang Festival of Uzbek Ethnic Group...

Uzbek nationality has many traditional festivals such as Rouzhi festival, Gurbang festival, Shengji festival and Nuluzhi festival. Among others, Rouzhi festival, Gurbang festival and Shengji festival are religion festivals,...

“Pilik” is a festival with the unique characteristics of the Tajik nationality. “Pilik” means “lamp” or “wick”, it is called as “lamp festival” because the central contents through ...