Festivals in May

Siyueba Festival

Siyueba Festival is held on 8th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar. It is a traditional festival celebrated by Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Zhuang, Yi, Tujia and Gelao peoples in Guizhou, the west Hunan and the north Guanxi.

The contents and styles of celebration activities are not exactly the same in different places, of which, the most profound and far-reaching one among them is that of the Miao people in Huangping.

Festival time in 2011
From May 10 to May 12, go to Huangping, a county 1 hour drive from Kaili, to attend the Siyueba Festival. Usually the local government will host lots of programs to promote the local tourism, and it is the only chance you can see all beautiful teenagers from every small village to dress up for this grand opening ceremony...Sinoway Travel is a honored partner who organizes our delegation to attend the festival every year.

Limited vacancy left for this delegation. Highly recommend you to sign up for this trip as early as possible.

In the Siyueba Festival , the Miao people in their best costumes in Guiyang and nearby gather around Penshuichi in the downtown of the city, to sing and dance to the melodies from the Lusheng and the bamboo flutes to celebrate their own traditional festival.

Legend has it that Siyueba Festival is in memory of the ancient Miao heroes buried at the very place where Pengshuichi now lies on the 8th day of the 4th lunar month ---- Siyueba. This ceremony passed down from generation to generation, thus becoming a custom..

Now, this festival has become a joyous celebrated day by Miao, Buyi, Dong, Zhuang, Shui, Gelao, or even the Han people and other ethnic groups, a grand ceremony to demonstrate the traditional culture of various minority groups. Some young minority people take this advantage of the chance to make friends and choose their future spouses through their dancing and singing with deep love.

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