Miao People Celebrate Siyueba Festival

摘要：The Siyueba Festival is celebrated annually by the Miao people in Jishou City on the eighth day of the fourth Chinese lunar month.

The Siyueba Festival is celebrated annually by the Miao people in Jishou City on the eighth day of the fourth Chinese lunar month. It fell on May 5 this year. Miao people from surrounding towns and villages donned traditional attire and participated in a series of folk custom activities, such as folk song gatherings, drum dance, a traditional Miao songs show, and lion dance performances. They celebrated the festival with numerous tourists, singing and dancing together, and immersing in traditional Miao ethnic customs and festive atmosphere. The Siyueba Festival of Miao ethnic minority has been inscribed in the third batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage programs. The photo shows performers staging a Miao drum dance performance at the Aizhai Wonder Scenic Area on that day. (Photo/Guo Liliang and Chen Sheng'ai, Hunan Daily)

Miao people hold an ancestor-worshipping rite to celebrate the Siyueba Festival at the Aizhai Wonder Scenic Area on May 5. (Photo/Guo Liliang and Chen Sheng'ai, Hunan Daily)