Guizhou Festivals & Events

Ethnic group: Miao

Place: Leishan

Date: The mid of the sixth lunar month

Activities: A festival to celebrate the harvest with many activities such as a brief in ancestors worship, enjoy a nice meal of new rice with fish and meat, bullfighting, bird fighting, Lusheng dance and singing.

Ethnic group: Miao

Place: Leishan

Date: October on the lunar calendar every year

Activities: Various celebrations, family union banquets

Ethnic group: Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Zhuang, Yi, Tujia and Gelao

Place: Huangping

Date: The 8^th day of April on Chinese lunar calendar

Activities: Miao people in their best costumes sing and dance to the melodies from the Lusheng and the bamboo flutes to celebrate their own traditional festival. Some young minority people take this advantage of the chance to make friends and choose their future spouses through their dancing and singing with deep love.

Ethnic Group: Miao

Place: Zhouxi

Date: The 18th-20th day of the first month on Chinese lunar calendar

Activities: Mothers bring their daughter's finery that consists of embroidered costume and silver jewelry. The men and boys of each village play the Lusheng pipes while forming a circle and the girls follow with a relatively simple dance step to show off their costumes to best.

 

Ethnic group: Miao

Place: Taijiang District

Date: The 15th day of the first month on Chinese lunar calendar

Activities: From the period of the 1st to 15th of the first lunar month, several groups in Taijiang make large paper dragons that are manipulated by 10 to 15 men. On the 15th night they weave through the streets stopping at different households. Each householder gives them money and liquor to ensure good luck for the family during the coming year.

Ethnic group: Miao

Place: Shidong

Date: The 15^th to 17^th day of the third month on Chinese lunar calendar

Activities: In the festival, there are centuries-old songs and dances, the dragon dance and bull fighting activities to entertain the older ones. As the moon rises, young lovers wander off. The mountain paths echo with the sounds of tinkling footsteps and clear melodious voices singing gentle love songs to the tunes of Lusheng pipes and love is in the air! It is "the oldest oriental Valentine's Day".   

Ethnic group: Miao

Place: Suoga Township, Luzhi District

Date: The 10th day of the first month on Chinese lunar calendar

Activities: All wear splendid traditional attire for the occasion, and both men and women play the reed instruments, the Lusheng, the Suona horn and beat copper drums and sing and dance traditional songs and dances. Girls in love accept the flower umbrellas of the boys. The festival atmosphere is filled with sincere friendship and pure love.