Guilin Festival, China
The festival will be held from Oct 27 to Nov 5, both indoors and outdoors, at different locations in the city, featuring live performances and screening of theatrical productions from …
The festival will be held from Oct 27 to Nov 5, both indoors and outdoors, at different locations in the city, featuring live performances and screening of theatrical productions from …
City’s renowned landscape provides perfect setting for various art disciplines, Chen Nan reports. There is a popular Chinese saying, proclaiming “Guilin’s landscape is the best under heaven”. A city in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Dulong people are a native indigenous community living by Nujiang River, whose women once were known for their facial tattoos. One great chance to learn more about their intriguing customs …
Marathons are hugely popular in China, and Kunming is no exception. The Kunming Plateau Half Marathon is usually held when the highland city is at its sunniest and driest. The …
Ganden Döndrubling Monastery (Gadan Dongzhulin Si) is a multilayered, mandala-shaped gompa towering proudly above Jinsha River, though for the most part of a year, it merely wins a glance from …
Mask Dancing Festival at Ganden Döndrubling Monastery, China Read More
Dai, Bulang, Wa, De’ang and other Theravada Buddhism believers in Xishuangbanna and Dehong observe an annual three-month-long fasting called vassa, or rains retreat, which is a custom spread from ancient …
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 …
A pretty spectacular display of night-time dragon dance. The village has two dragon troupes, one starts off from the Benzhu Temple, the other from the Buddhist Temple. Festival held according …
The lunar seventh month is known as the Ghost Month, where the spirits come to visit the living. At the beginning of the lunar seventh month, the gates of the …
A 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 …
The Yi of Funing celebrate their New Year, also referred to as the Torch Festival, earlier than the Yi in other parts of the province. With many of the younger …
Festival held according to lunar calendar on 8th day of 6th month