Bullfight Festival in Guzhang
The Bullfight Festival takes in Guzhang every 13 years, the festival lasts for 3 days.
On the late afternoon of the first day, the relatives visit with carp, a duck, a big jar of homemade rice wine. They set off fireworks, wl/hen arriving at the edge of the village, .then more fire crackers indicating the wealth of a family.
Families and villages around the bullfight ground prepare feasts to entertain the coming guests and welcome the "holy bulls" from different places. Some bulls for fight are decorated with iron horns, covered with red satin,with pheasant tail on the back and bronze bells on the neck. Some bulls are decorated with big silk balls, colorful ribbons and bronze bells on the waist, and with a tiger tail. They look like generals ready to go out to battle. The entrance ceremony of the bullfight is called "stepping ground".
In recent years, during Kaili international Lusheng Festival, over on hundred buffaloes participate in the competition, with huge crowds of people watching by. The grand spectacle is bustling with noise and excitement, and with a deafening sound of gongs and drums.
On the early second morning, levery household kills two or three fat pigs as part of the festivals. When the relatives leave the village for home, they will take away a 12 kg heavy pig leg., the best including pig tail.
During the last three days, the girls, in their holiday costumes from nearby village, get together in Langde Miao village dancing to the rhythm of Lusheng pipes and try to find a love partner.
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