New folk street of Bouyei culture opens in Gui'an

Local people offer door-blocking wine to visitors at the opening day of the folk street. [Photo/Guiyang news network]

The Beidouwan • Guizhou Liuyueliu Folk Street opened in Gui'an New Area, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 28.

During the opening ceremony, the Bouyei ethnic group from Gui'an dressed in festive costumes, sang and danced, and offered a variety of welcoming activities for visitors, such as a door-blocking wine ceremony, Bouyei singing party, egg hunt, fish catching, long-table feasts, Dixi opera performances, bonfire parties, and more.

Located in Pingzhai village, Machang town, the folk street has a total planned area of over 400 mu (26.67 hectares) and is Gui'an's first street focused on the preservation of Bouyei culture, integrating tourism, vacation, leisure and entertainment.

It includes the Liuyueliu Folk Street, an ecological countryside sightseeing area, cultural hotels, cultural and art exhibition halls, tourism product retail supermarkets, restaurants and bars, ethnic snacks, ethnic handicraft workshops, art and cultural exchange stages, and more, offering displays of ethnic culture, ecological countryside sightseeing experiences, urban recreation, shopping, etc.

The folk street is transformed from an idle and inefficient tourism attraction. [Photo/Guiyang news network]

The folk street, previously an idle and inefficient tourism attraction in Guizhou, was vitalized by Gui'an Development Group through the integration of State-owned enterprises and social capital.

The comprehensive upgrade of the folk street began in July, along with efforts to attract investment. After more than two months, most of the renovation work has been completed.

In the future, the folk street will further develop agricultural experiences, camping, motor-less children's play equipment and more, promoting the high-quality integrated development of culture and tourism in Gui'an.