Culture&Life | Miao's folk Valentine's festival celebrated in southwest China's Guizhou-Xinhua
Culture&Life | Miao's folk Valentine's festival celebrated in southwest China's Guizhou
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-04-21 21:18:15
People of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
TAIJIANG, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off in Taijiang County of southwest China's Guizhou Province on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year.
The Miao Sisters Festival, regarded as the ethnic Miao's folk Valentine's Day, is held annually around the 15th day of the third lunar month according to the lunar calendar in China.
People of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)A participant carrying "sisters' rice" with an egg attends a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Women of Miao ethnic group prepare for a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)People of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)People of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)A woman of Miao ethnic group helps her daughter wear ethnic silver jewelry for a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Children of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)People of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)■
