The March Street Festival, also known as Guanyin Fair, is one of the most magnificent festivals of the Bai Ethnic Group in Dali, Yunnan. It is held every year from 15 to 21 of the Third Lunar Month (usually in April). Legend has it that Guanyin Bodhisattva defeated the evil Rakshasa. Since then, the Bai […]
The Water Splashing Festival of the Dai ethnic minority in Xishuangbanna Prefecture, in Yunnan Province, is a joyous occasion, and an opportunity that should not be missed if you are visiting Yunnan in mid-April. The festival takes place at the New Year of the Dai calendar. The Water Splashing Festival, or Water Sprinkling Festival, consists […]
The Wa people call it Moh Nin Hei - the Festival of Solidarity - but when translated phonetically into Chinese, it becomes the 'Face-Smearing Festival' (Mo Ni Hei). By pure coincidence, that's exactly what this rambunctious day is all about. During the carnival, revellers smear each other with a special kind of mud mixed with […]
A crystal-clear alpine lake wedged between Kunming and Yuxi, Fuxian Lake (Fuxian Hu) is best-known for the huge amount of Cambrian fossils discovered there, but average travellers can head for the lake on May 10th in the name of Lixia, or the Advent of Summer. A traditional festival once involving a sacrifice to the lake's […]
Raosanling is an occasion for local Bai people in rural areas of Dali to pay homage to three temples one by one on foot, and for travellers to witness in person the region's religious diversity and unrestrained secular celebrations. The festival usually lasts three days, starting on the 23rd day of the 4th lunar month, […]
A tourist event at scenic Puzhehei, where rice ash is daubed on people's faces for good luck. The opening ceremony is always on July 18, and activities continue somewhat for a month. Festival held according to western/solar calendar on 18.7.
On the 24th day of the 6th lunar month, the Yi communities of Yunnan gather to light torches, hold fire parades and light bonfires, alongside traditional sporting events and performances. The festival commemorates a heavenly general who sacrificed his life to protect the Naxi’s grain harvest. Naxi community traditions dictate that the Torch Festival should […]
Every rice-eating people in the world has a special occasion to celebrate rice harvest. For Wa people living in Cangyuan and Ximeng, it's called New Rice Festival (Xinmijie), usually held in late September or early October, when people will prepare a large banquet to sample newly-harvested rice and enjoy themselves with all kinds of folk […]
Locations: regions where the Yao ethnic minority live in compact communities, such as Gongcheng county in Guilin, and Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County in Hezhou As one of China's oldest ethnic groups, Yao people regard Panwang, or King Pan, as their mythological ancestor, and celebrate the festival on the 16th day of the 10th lunar month, […]
This is the most important festival for Lisu people, something like their New Year, and tradition dictates that the exact date of this festival each year must meet a series of phenological conditions(including when the cherry trees bloom), therefore varies among different villages -though since 1990, December 20th has been decided on as the official […]
