|
Minorities |
Festivals |
Date
(Lunar Calendar) |
Areas |
Activities |
|
Yi |
Torch Festival |
June 24th to 25th |
Stone Forest, Chuxiong, Dali |
Torching, wrestling, bull fighting, singing and dancing
|
|
Dage (singing) Festival |
Feb 8th |
Dayao, Shuangjiang |
Picking azaleas |
|
Bai |
March Fair Festival |
Mar 14th to 16th |
Dali |
Fair, singing and dancing |
|
Shibao Mountain Singing Competition |
Late July, early Aug |
Jianchuan |
Singing Bai love songs |
|
Miao |
Huashan (flower mountain) Festival |
Jan 3rd |
Pingbian, Yongshan |
Singing, climbing sword pole |
|
Naxi |
Sanduo Day |
Feb 8th |
Lijiang |
Horse racing, picnicking |
|
Muosuo |
Chaoshan Festival (Pilgrimage to the Goddess) |
July 25th |
Lugu Lake (Ninglang) |
Making sacrifice to Goddess, singing, dancing, and meeting “A’xia” |
|
Jingpo |
Munaozongge Festival |
Jan 15th |
Luxi, Longchuan |
Staging Wenbeng Dance |
|
Tibetan |
Horse Racing Festival |
May 5th |
Shangri-la |
Horse racing, picnics |
|
Dragon Boat Festival |
May 5th |
Diqing |
Horse racing, singing and dancing, picnics |
|
Buyi |
Niuwang (Buffalo King) Festival |
April 8th |
Luoping, Fuyuan |
Singing and dancing, feeding buffaloes
|
|
Dai |
Water Splashing Festival |
Mar |
Xishuangbanna, Dehong |
Splashing water, boat racing, flying kongming lantern
|
|
Hani |
New Rice Festival |
1st and 2nd Dragon Day of April |
Honghe |
Enjoying new rice, making sacrifice to heaven and passed-away relatives
|
|
Hani’s New Year |
Oct |
Pu’er, Honghe |
Making sacrifice to ancestors, organizing street banquet
|
|
Zhuang |
Longduan Day |
Mar |
Funing |
Fair, singing and dancing
|
|
Lisu |
Swords Pole Day |
Feb 8th |
Nujiang, Baoshan |
Climbing sword pole, singing and dancing |
|
Singing Competition |
Dec or Next Jan |
Nujiang |
Bathing, singing competition |
|
Bathing Festival |
Chinese New Year |
Diqing |
Bathing, socializing |
|
Hui |
Laisser Bairam |
Oct 1st, Islam calendar |
Kunming |
Salat |
|
Lahu |
Calabash Festival |
Oct |
Lancang |
Fair, singing and dancing |
|
Wa |
Drum Festival |
Dec |
Ximeng, Cangyuan |
Playing wooden drums, slaughtering cattle, singing and dancing |
|
Yao |
Panwang Festival |
May 29th |
Wenshan, Honghe |
Making sacrifice to ancestors, singing and dancing |
|
Pumi |
Zhuanshanhui Festival (trekking around Shizi Mountain) |
May 5th |
Ninglang |
Trekking in the mountain, firing guns, singing and dancing |
|
A’chang |
Huijie |
Sep 15th |
Nujiang, Dehong |
Singing and dancing |
|
Jinuo |
Jidalong (Making Sacrifice to Dragon) Festival |
Mar |
Xishuangbanna |
Staging drums dances, bamboo dances, playing spinners |
|
Shui |
Dragon Boat Festival |
Late Aug to early Oct |
Fuyuan |
Staging copper-drum dance, seeking lovers |
|
Dulong |
Kaquewa Festival (Dulong’s New Year) |
Dec |
Gongshan |
Slaughtering cattle, making sacrifice to heaven, singing and dancing
|
|
Ai’ni |
Yekuzha Festival |
June |
Xishuangbanna |
Playing swings, singing and dancing, partying
|
|
Nu |
Flowers Festival |
Mar 15th |
Nujiang |
Collecting flowers offered to Goddess |
|
Nu’s New Year |
Dec 29th |
Nujiang |
Singing and dancing, assorted sport games |
|
Bulang |
Guanmen Festival (Closing the Door Festival) |
June |
Xishuangbanna |
Any romantic affairs forbidden |
|
De’ang |
Water Splashing Festival |
One week after Qingming Festival |
Ruili |
Splashing water, singing and dancing |
