March Street Festival in Yunnan, China
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 […]
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Wa Face-smearing Festival, China
Yunnan Dali, YunnanThe 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 […]
Wood Drum Festival of Wa People at Ximeng, China
Wa people used to be hunters roaming over Yunnan's forested mountains, and the wood drum they worship now was probably used to intimidate dangerous animals by its thunderous clang. Almost […]
Lixia Festival at Fuxian Lake, China
Yunnan Dali, YunnanA 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 […]
Prince Festival of Bai People at Shaxi, China
China Benzhu Temple, Yunnan, ChinaThanks to influence from Tibet and India, Bai people generally embrace Buddhism. At Shaxi , on the 8th day of the 2nd lunar month, they will observe the Prince Festival […]
Worship Gathering in the Three Temples, Yunnan, China
Dali Yunnan, ChinaThe Bai people of Dali have been celebrating the "Worship Gathering in the Three Temples" for centuries. This carnival, also known as Guanshanglan, takes place annually from the 23rd to […]
Horse Race Festival, Yunnan, China
Yunnan Dali, YunnanYunnan celebrates the traditional Dragon Boat Festival date, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, with a Horse Race Festival instead. The Tibetan ethnic community show off their traditional […]
Kunming International Flower Expo of China
The Kunming International Flower Expo is held annually in Kunming, China's "City of Eternal Spring." Kunming is chosen as the site for the expo because Yunnan Province is the flower […]
Southern Dipper Ritual, Yunnan, China
China Benzhu Temple, Yunnan, ChinaRoutine rituals are performed on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month. The Lotus Pond Societies 莲池会 are the associations of older women in Bai villages to carry […]
Red Rice Festival, Yunnan, China
China Benzhu Temple, Yunnan, ChinaA Zhuang festival celebrated with rice dyed red. The festival's date seems to vary, it is also celebrated at the beginning of the sixth month or the beginning of the […]
