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2023 Panwang Festival of Yao Ethnic Group Opens in Jianghua, Yongzhou
The annual Panwang Festival of Yao Ethnic Group is an important event of Yao people to commemorate their ancestors.
More >Huayao People Celebrate Taoliaogui Festival
The Taoliaogui Festival is one of the grandest and most solemn traditional festivals for the Huayao people.
More >Ganqiu Festival: Miao People Immersed in Festive Autumn Vibe
The Ganqiu Festival is one of the oldest traditional celebrations and social activities of the Miao ethnic group in China. The festival is not only a way for Miao people to celebrate a bumper harvest,...
More >Annual Hunan (Nanshan) Liuyueliu Folk Song Festival Opens
The 2023 Hunan (Nanshan) Liuyueliu Folk Song Festival, also the Hunan (Chengbu) High Mountain Agriculture Expo, raised its curtain at Chengbu Miao Autonomous County on the evening of July 23. Chengbu ...
More >Fenghuang County Celebrates "Liuyueliu" Miao Folk Song Festival
On July 23, the Miao people performed lion dance to celebrate the traditional festival "Liuyueliu" (the sixth day on the sixth month of Chinese lunar calendar). The "Liuyueliu" Miao Folk Song Festival...
More >Miao Silver Forging Skill Taught in Changsha Primary School
The silver forging of the Miao ethnic group is a traditional handicraft the Miao people that creates silver ornaments worn on head, face, neck, and hands.
More >Dong People Celebrate "Black Rice Festival"
Descendants of the Dong ethnic group, in order to commemorate their heroic ancestor who was saved by eating black rice, have established this 'Black Rice Festival', which has been passed down to the p...
More >Miao People Celebrate Girls' Day in Suining County
The festival is one of the four major ethnic festivals in Hunan Province and is recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage item.
More >"San Yue Shi San" Festival of Yao People Celebrated in Jiangyong County
The 13th day of the third Chinese lunar month, on May 2 this year, marked the "San Yue Shi San" Festival of the Gudiao Yao ethnic group.
More >Long Drum Dance Performed to Promote Yao Culture
The United Front Work Department of Linwu County organized the art troupe to carry out an art exchange on Yao culture with Yao people of the village, in a bid to promote the inheritance and developmen...
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