http://villagechina-travel.com festival, travel information, trip tips, guide diary about minority village in guizhou, yunnan, southwest of china. professional travel service Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:35:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Liangshan Mountain is located in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, one of China’s largest and more colorful ethnic minorities, the Yi, dominate this area. The Yi has many traditional festivals but the Torch Festival is the most important of all. On the 24th of the sixth lunar month, when the ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/torch-festival-of-yi-in-lianshan-mountain-south-of-sichuan 30 November 2009 After harvest, when the new rice goes into grinary, it is time for black Miao celebrate their new year.This celebration lasts for 3-5days. 1st day is for killing pig, then they have meat to eat in the following, it is important for drinking ricewine, of course, all the ladies are ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/new-year-of-black-miao 13-15 November 2009 It is the Carnival to Miao people. Miao people in Huangping area like to celebrate their harvesting by a "Carnival". During that time, all the boys are cheking and reparing their Lusheng---a tradinal musical instrument to Miaos, all the girls there are busy making their tradinal costume which is full of embroidery work ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/lusheng-meeting-of-miao 12-14 November 2009 http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/lusheng-meeting-of-gejia-and-miao 9,21,28 October 2,10,14 November 2009 The Shuis have a calendar of their own which takes the ninth lunar month as the beginning of a new year, and their biggest festival is the "Duan" holiday which is celebrated with great pomp after the autumn harvest between the ninth lunar month and the ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/duan-festival-of-shui Lusheng Festivals and Tiaohua Festival Lusheng is so prevailed in Miao community in many aspects that they spend Lusheng festival across the province. Having busied with farming over the last year, villagers, temporarily escaped from burdens, wholly dedicate to the celebration for this festival. Stunning costumes with layers of silver lead ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/winter-tide With boundless mountains and innumerous valleys, southeast Guizhou is like a refugee for minorities, the Dong, Miao, Shui etc. are living in the traditional life and keep their immemorial unsophisticated custom and culture in the modern world. Miao and Dong Explore, 9 day’s trip. Day 1 Guiyang-Shuitouzhai Arrive Guiyang, then drive to Shuitouzhai, ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/hidden-civilizationssoutheast-guizhou 12-14 August 2009 The Torch Festival, which falls on June 24 - according to the Lunar Calendar of the Yi nationality -- every year, is the most important traditional holiday of Yi people. During the festival, people burn torches for three days and nights to drive away insects from eating crops. Meanwhile, Yi ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/torch-festival-of-yi Nous vous invitons à venir voir notre récit de voyage que nous avons fait avec vous en Avril 2008. C’était un voyage formidable que nous garderons en mémoire. Nous avons l’impression d’avoir été les témoins d’un monde qui change à grande vitesse et que l’on ne verra bientôt plus ! Nous vous remercions ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/our-guestchers-amis 2 August 2009 On july, 10th month of Shui calender, the most flourish time for green beings, people choose this time to celebrate Mao festival. The most flourish time for green beings is also the time for all kinds of desease growing, this festival is just for Shui people to handle this problem. This festival ... http://villagechina-travel.com/2008/mao-festival-of-shui-courtship-festival