The photo, taken on July 4, shows tourists enjoying the long-table banquet at Luoshui Township, Yongding District, Zhangjiajie City.  July 4 marked the Tujia ethnic group's "Liuyueliu" customs. It falls on the sixth day on the sixth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The district held folk cultural activities to celebrate it and support the upcoming first Hunan Tourism Development Conference. Various performances were staged, including farming dance, Daliuzi (a kind of local musical instrument performance with a long history), folk songs performed in antiphonal style, and water-sprinkling dragon dance. It attracted many local people and tourists.

 

The photo, taken on July 4, shows villagers performing Maogusi dance at Luoshui Township, Yongding District, Zhangjiajie City.  July 4 marked the Tujia ethnic group's "Liuyueliu" customs. It falls on the sixth day on the sixth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The district held folk cultural activities to celebrate it and support the upcoming first Hunan Tourism Development Conference. Various performances were staged, including farming dance, Daliuzi (a kind of local musical instrument performance with a long history), folk songs performed in antiphonal style, and water-sprinkling dragon dance. It attracted many local people and tourists.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunantoday