There are 49 ethnic minorities living in Guizhou. These ethnic individuals celebrate in excess of 1,000 ethnic celebrations consistently.
China Features has recorded the accompanying ethnic celebrations worth going to while visiting Guizhou.
Sisters Meals Festival
Kaili, Apr. 15 to 17, 2022
Sister’s Dinner Celebration is praised in southeast Guizhou region. It is a customary celebration of the Miao public. On that day, Miao young ladies give four-variety rice to the man they love as a present. It is viewed as the most established “Valentine’s Day” of China.
Lusheng Festival
Kaili, Feb. 11 to 15, 2022
The lusheng is a customary Chinese reed instrument. Lusheng Celebration in Kaili, Guizhou is the most persuasive and most stupendous of the Miao nationality celebrations.
The young ladies spruce up in their best outfits and emblematic silver hats, while the young men convey their lusheng to play at the Lusheng Arena.
Dragon Canoe Festival
Shidong, Jun. 22 to 25, 2022
Mythical serpent Kayak Celebration is one of the four significant conventional celebrations of the Miao public. Huge scope conventional exercises are held during the celebration, including mythical serpent boat races, kayak races, and post-race occasions.
The Miao New Year Festival
Leishan, Oct. 25, 2022
Different from traditional Chinese New Year, Miao New Year is often celebrated after the rice harvest, and usually lasts 5–15 days. People worship their ancestors, play the lusheng (a reed instrument), and visit their neighboring villages during the festival.
Guizhou Festivals Calendar for 2022
Baojing Town, Zhenyuan County (镇远县报京乡)
| Guizhou Festivals Calendar 2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festivals | Dates in 2022 | Main Activities | Venues | Participants | |
| Jump Flower Festival (跳花坡) | Feb.9 | Lusheng dance and singing | Suoga Town, Liuzhi County, Liuspanhui City (六盘水市六枝特区梭嘎乡) | Celebrated by Long Ho Miao (长角苗), about 3,000 participants | |
| Jump Flower Festival (跳花坡) | Mar.17 | Meeting and bull fight | Nankai Town, Shuicheng County (水城特区南开乡) | Celebrated by Small Flowery Miao (小花苗), about 10,000 participants | |
| Lusheng Festival (芦笙节) | Mar. 11-15 | Lusheng dance, singing and bull fighting | Zhouxi Town, Kaili City (凯里市舟溪镇) | Celebrated by Long Skirt Miao (长裙苗), about 20,000 participants | |
| Lusheng Festival (芦笙节) | Oct. 21- 22 | Horse racing, bullfight, lusheng dance and market | Chang’an Riverside, Huangping County (黄平县重安江) | Celebrated by Miao minority, about 20,000 participants | |
| Double Third Festival (三月三) | Apr.3 | Lusheng dance, singing and meeting | Baojing Town, Zhenyuan County (镇远县报京乡) | Celebrated by Buyi minority (布依族), about 10,000 participants | |
| Sisters Meal Festival (姊妹饭节) | Apr. 15-17 | Market, singing, lusheng dance and eating sisters meal | Shidong Town, Taijiang County (台江县施洞镇) | Celebrated by Miao minority (苗族), about 10,000 participants | |
| Song Festival (卯节) | Middle May. | Dancing, singing and bull fighting | Jiuqian Town, Sandu County (三都县九阡) | Celebrated by Shui minority (水族), about 5,000 participants | |
| April-Eighth Festival (四月八) | May. 8 | Horse racing, bull fighting, singing, lusheng dance and meeting | Feiyun Ya, Huangping County (黄平县飞云崖) | Celebrated by Miao minority, about 15,000 participants | |
| Dragon Boat Festival (龙舟节) | May. 22 | Dragon boat racing, market, singing and dancing | Shidong Town, Taijiang County (台江县施洞镇) | Celebrated by Miao minority, about 30,000 participants | |
| Double Sixth Festival (六月六) | Jul. 23-25 | Singing and playing music with leaves | Suburban Area of Zhenfeng County, Southwest Guizhou Prefecture (黔西南州贞丰县郊区) | Celebrated by Buyi minority， about 10,000 participants | |
| Lusheng Festival (芦笙节) | Nov. 22 | Bullfight, lusheng dance and singing | Gulong Town, Huangping County (黄平县谷陇乡) | Celebrated by Miao minority, about 30,000 participants | |
| Miao New Year Festival (苗年) | Middle Oct. | Singing, dancing and meeting | Kaili City and Leishan County (凯里市、雷山县) | About 50,000 participants | |
