Themed as “Stream Lights Sending The very best and Mountain Tunes Imparting Congruity” and held by the shore of Zijiang Stream, the Ziyuan Standard Ethnic Stream Light Song Festivity targets “conveying forward society culture and further developing Ziyuan the movement business culture” in a connecting way, during which time different traveler practices are shipped off to suit the tendencies, taking everything into account.

• Celebrated: August
• Location: Guilin

Highlights of the Festival

Ziyuan Conventional Ethnic Stream Light Tune Celebration is an optimal chance for guests to encounter the exceptional Miao and Yao ethnic societies, workmanship and normal landscape. The features incorporate the Miao and Yao Ethnic Workmanship Execution, the Penance and Imploring Service, the Mountain Tune Challenge Competition, Laowumen Football Match, Karaoke, the Artwork and Calligraphy Display, and the Visual Presentation, which enormously improve the social existence of Ziyuan’s local people.

Likewise, the rich sonnet recitation and the powerful Latin moving exhibition are likewise accessible during the celebration, which address an ideal mix of Ziyuan customary society customs with current civilization, intriguing guests from all edges of the world with the exceptional appeal of Ziyuan.

Individuals travel to the Zijiang Stream in a steady progression after the celebration, putting large number of lit lamps in the waterway to communicate their all the best for a cheerful life. Various chickens, goats and fishes are likewise tossed into the waterway, which is additionally a conventional custom of local people to communicate their delight and joy. A heap of glimmering lights along the waterway set off the brilliant lamps, which is fairly terrific whenever seen from the banks of the stream.

Background Information About the Festival

At first known as the Mid-July Lamp Celebration or the Mid-July Mountain Melody Celebration, the Ziyuan Conventional Ethnic Stream Light Tune Celebration began from Hepu Road, Ziyuan Region. The Zijiang Stream has been a significant conduit connecting Hunan Region and Guangxi Territory since old times, and Hepu Road filled in as a gathering setting for the vendors between Hunan Region and Guangxi Region.

The Phantom Celebration spread to Hepu Road because of the presentation of Buddhism during the Tang (618-907) and the Melody (960-1297) lines, which was held to recover lost spirits by making contributions and expressing petitions on the fifteenth day of the seventh Chinese lunar month, and lotus-molded lamps were tossed into the stream for asking. Hepu Road Business Club has held the Light Celebration consistently since the Qing Line (1644-1911), and local people express their unending longing for their progenitors by placing lit lamps into the waterway. The custom has been passed down starting with one age then onto the next, local people actually celebrate it by the stream during the evening of the fourteenth day of the seventh Chinese lunar month every year.

The Mountain Celebration started from Yanzhu Town, Ziyuan Region, where the Miao and the Yao public live agreeably with the Han ethnic individuals. The legend goes that the whole Yang group of the Miao ethnic individuals removed themselves and got comfortable Yanzhu Town, developing the wild region and turning into the predecessors of the occupants of Yangzhou Town.

It is a custom for the locals to sing mountain melodies to honor their progenitors during the fifteenth day of the seventh Chinese lunar month every year, joined by individuals from the adjoining towns. This custom in the end developed into the Ziyuan Conventional Ethnic Waterway Lamp Tune Celebration.

Travel Essentials

Address: Zijiang River, Ziyuan County, Guilin

Transportation: A sightseeing bus available at Guilin Bus Station can take you to Ziyuan Bus Station, and then take a taxi or motorcycle to the Zijiang River.