Yao People Celebrate Annual Panwang Festival

Yao people held grand celebrations to mark the annual Panwang Festival at Panwang Square in Qianjiadong Yao Township, Jiangyong County, on November 16. The Panwang Festival is an important event for the Yao people, commemorating their ancestor Pan Hu. This festival holds great significance for the inheritance of the culture and etiquettes of the Yao ethnic minority. The event is marked on the 16th day of the tenth lunar month every year. (Photo/Tian Rurui) 

Yao people held grand celebrations to mark the annual Panwang Festival at Panwang Square in Qianjiadong Yao Township, Jiangyong County, on November 16. The Panwang Festival is an important event for the Yao people, commemorating their ancestor Pan Hu. This festival holds great significance for the inheritance of the culture and etiquettes of the Yao ethnic minority. The event is marked on the 16th day of the tenth lunar month every year. (Photo/Tian Rurui)

Yao people held grand celebrations to mark the annual Panwang Festival at Panwang Square in Qianjiadong Yao Township, Jiangyong County, on November 16. The Panwang Festival is an important event for the Yao people, commemorating their ancestor Pan Hu. This festival holds great significance for the inheritance of the culture and etiquettes of the Yao ethnic minority. The event is marked on the 16th day of the tenth lunar month every year. (Photo/Tian Rurui)

Yao people held grand celebrations to mark the annual Panwang Festival at Panwang Square in Qianjiadong Yao Township, Jiangyong County, on November 16. The Panwang Festival is an important event for the Yao people, commemorating their ancestor Pan Hu. This festival holds great significance for the inheritance of the culture and etiquettes of the Yao ethnic minority. The event is marked on the 16th day of the tenth lunar month every year. (Photo/Tian Rurui) 

Yao people held grand celebrations to mark the annual Panwang Festival at Panwang Square in Qianjiadong Yao Township, Jiangyong County, on November 16. The Panwang Festival is an important event for the Yao people, commemorating their ancestor Pan Hu. This festival holds great significance for the inheritance of the culture and etiquettes of the Yao ethnic minority. The event is marked on the 16th day of the tenth lunar month every year. (Photo/Tian Rurui) 

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

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday