Guilin Festival,Guilin Travel Guide
Not only is Guilin an exceptionally beautiful area, it also has a lively traditional culture and a variety of different of festivals throughout the year. Some of these festivals are in the day time and some are in the evening, so you can have a few evenings off from playing Poker.dk or reading your book in your hotel room - go and see some of the local festivals.
Guilin Festivals: Introduction to major festivals in Guilin inlcuding traditional chinese festivals, major tourism festivals and Events.Like any other place in China, common traditional holidays like Lunar New Year , Lantern Festival , Dragon Boat Festival , Mid-Autumn Festival are celebrated most ardently but the true highlights are undoubtedly the ethic holidays.
Guilin Song Festival(Zhuang ethnic),Man and woman, young and old will gather together and sing songs ranging from lyrics, old songs and love songs, etc. This holiday has developed into the Art Festival of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Third of March (lunar) is celebrated.
Miao's New Year falls in October (lunar), the specific day varying according to different places. This is a time for courtship when young people are free to choose their sweethearts. Young men will play reed flutes while girls will dress up in their best costumes.
Fireworks Festival is the Dong peoples' holiday. The specific day varies according to place, ranging from January to October (lunar). Three fireworks will be lighted for the population's prosperity, for good fortune and for a good harvest respectively.
Guilin Mountain and Water Tourism Festival falls in October to December, which is the off-season of Guilin. The government designed this festival to attract more tourists.
Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Contest is held on May 5th in Chinese lunar calendar. Guilin Dragon Boat Contest is held every 3 years. Participants train very hard to be in the best physical condition for this important and prestigious event. The banks of the Lijiang River are crowded with spectators on the day as the dragon boats race on the river with the deafening sounds of dragon boat songs, bells and drums. The winners are awarded the traditional prizes of silver coins and treated to a roasted pig.
Guilin held its first International Dragon Boat Contest in 1998, which attracted Dragon Boat troupes from South East Asian Countries, Hong Kong SAR, Macau, and China 's Taiwan .
This festival is full of color and traditional and would be well worth including on your itinerary.
Ziyuan River Lantern and Song Festival
Held from July 13 to 14 in the Chinese Lunar Calender, River Lantern and Song Festival is the traditional festival from Ziyuan County which is 107km away from Guilin city.
Longsheng Red Clothes Festival
Longsheng County is an autonomous county with many nationalities. The Red Yao are a sub-group of the Yao Nationality in Longsheng whose women wear Red as there national costume. The Red Clothes Festival, also known as Zhaina, is held on March 15 in the lunar calendar each year at Sishui Town . During this festival, Red Yao people gather in Sishui Street to exchange agricultural implements and products, buy daily necessities, or visit their friends and relatives. The young people take the chance to try to find a potential husband or wife.
To : Guilin Ethnic