Yunnan has the best number of ethnic gatherings in China, with formally 25 ethnic minorities including Bai, Yi, Dai, Naxi, Hani, Miao, Tibetan, Hui, and Yao. Yunnan offers one of a kind and invigorating encounters of ethnic traditions, with in excess of 400 ethnic celebrations celebrated consistently.

Numerous ethnic minorities keep up with their one of a kind society customs and customs that are loaded with legends, singing, moves, compositions, and old music. We have recorded the accompanying ethnic celebrations as worth going to while visiting Yunnan.

The Third Month Fair of the Bai Ethnic Group (三月街)

Date: April/May (days 15 to 21 of the third lunar month)

Area: Dali

Celebration: Otherwise called the Guanyin Fair, the Third Month Fair is perhaps of the main celebration celebrated by the Bai ethnic individuals in Dali in western Yunnan Area. During the Walk Fair, the roads of Dali Old Town are loaded with transiently slows down selling a staggering assortment of things and ethnic minority keepsakes.

The Torch Festival (火把节)

Date: July/August (days 24 to 26 of the 6th lunar month)

Area: Lijiang and different spots with the Yi, Naxi, or Bai minorities

Celebration: The Torch Festival is a customary celebration among the Yi, Naxi, and Bai minority gatherings. It is otherwise called the Oriental Fair. Of the Light Celebration festivities], the most renowned one is the Lijiang Light Celebration. As per the old rule of the Naxi public, the Light Celebration should keep going for 3 days, and each family ought to light a major light before their entryways for the 3 days.

The Water Splashing Festival (泼水节)

Date: April 13 to 15

Area: Xishuangbanna

Celebration: The Water Splashing Festival is the main celebration saw by the Dai nation of Xishuangbanna Prefecture in southern Yunnan. It’s like adjoining Thailand’s Songkran Celebration (the Dai and Thai have numerous similitudes, not least in name), and addresses their Spring Celebration or New Year. It includes sprinkling individuals and Buddha statuettes with water as a gift among other cheerful celebrations — devouring, light drifting… — that most recent three days.

The Sword Pole Festival (傈僳刀杆节)

Date: Generally in Spring (eighth of the second lunar month)

Area: Nujiang

Celebration: The Sword Pole Festival, likewise called Dao Gan Celebration (Dao Gan is Chinese for ‘Sword Post’), is commended by Lisu individuals in Nujiang Lisu Independent Prefecture and the Yunnan Three Equal Streams region. During the celebration, exhibitions like “entering the fire-ocean” and “rising the sword mountain” are authorized, when you can see neighborhood individuals walk shoeless over consuming coals and ascend stepping stools made of blades shoeless and barehanded.

The Horse Race Festival (赛马节)

Date: May/June (fifth of the fifth lunar month)

Area: Shangri-La

Celebration: The Horse Race Festival, falling on a similar date as the Mythical beast Boat Celebration, is the most fantastic social event of Tibetans in Yunnan and as a rule goes on for around 3 days. During the festivals, conventional equestrian exhibitions and rivalries like horse racing, wrestling, pulls of-war, and bull drawn bars will be held.

The Naxi Sanduo Festival (纳西族三朵节)

Date: Ordinarily in Spring (eighth of the second lunar month)

Area: Lijiang

Celebration: The Sanduo Celebration is a customary celebration of the Naxi ethnic gathering. During the celebration the Naxi ethnic individuals assemble around Sanduo Sanctuary (otherwise called Beiyue Sanctuary) in Baisha Town close to Lijiang Old Town for an excellent commemoration and penance function.

Worship Gathering in the Three Temples (白族绕三灵)

Date: May/June (23rd to 25th day of the fourth lunar month)

Area: Dali

Celebration: Love Social event in the Three Sanctuaries is likewise called Guanshanglan, a Mandarin literal interpretation of the Bai language. It is a fair for the Bai nation in Dali to engage themselves during the cultivating slack season. It is additionally an event to invite the approaching of immortals from paradise. This occasion traces all the way back to old times and was initially a strict service. The three sanctuaries included are Chongsheng Sanctuary, Shengyuan Sanctuary, and Jinkui Sanctuary.