Miao People Celebrate Ganqiu Festival

Miao people dressed up and attended various traditional cultural events to celebrate the annual Ganqiu Festival, including singing Miao songs, performing Miao drum dance, and playing eight-person swin...

Dong People Celebrate Lusheng Festival

Dong people in the township staged singing and dancing performances to celebrate the traditional Lusheng Festival and a bumper harvest.Villagers performed bamboo pole dance during the Lusheng Festival...

Yao People Celebrate "Taoliaogui" Festival

"Taoliaogui" festival is one of the grandest and most solemn traditional festivals for Huayao people. It has a history of over a thousand years and was selected as an intangible cultural heritage item...

Tujia People Celebrate "Liuyueliu" Festival

First Xiangxi Miao Folk Song Contest Held in Jishou

Jishou held the First Miao Folk Song Contest at Qianzhou Ancient Town. More than 200 Miao folk song fans from Miao villages in Jishou City and neighboring counties or cities participated. Miao people ...

Miao People Make Traditional Food in Mayang

Shefan is a special delicacy made by Miao and Tujia people in western Hunan every spring. It is a traditional streamed food made of sweet wormwood, green onion, glutinous rice, preserved meat, and oth...

Dong People Celebrate “Yuediwa” Festival

The “Yuediwa” Festival is the “Valentine's Day” for the Dong ethnic group. Shangyan Village is located at the border of Hunan, Guangxi, and Guizhou. It is one of the regions with well-preserved ...

Miao Villagers Busy Preparing Goods for Spring Festival

When the twelfth lunar month began, villagers in Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County began to be busy making special Miao food such as oil tea, melon peel, and glutinous rice cake, and purchasing...

People Make Miao Paintings to Greet New Year

As the New Year is approaching, inheritors of the Miao paintings of the institute are busy making Miao painting-featured handicrafts such as gourds and mobile phone shells with bright colors, blessing...

Dong People Celebrate New Year in Tongdao

People of the Dong ethnic group dressed in traditional attire and performed songs and dances to celebrate the Dong New Year and pray for a better life. The traditional New Year of the Dong ethnic grou...