Tiaohua festival celebrated in Qingzhen

Miao ladies dance around the special tree in Qingzhen on Feb 8. [Photo/gzqz.gov.cn]

The annual Tiaohua festival of the Miao ethnic group was celebrated on Feb 8 in Xiangyaoyan village, Qingzhen city in Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou province.

A special tree decorated with red cloth, red eggs and other auspicious food was placed in the middle of the dance court, symbolizing fertility and harvest. Miao people dressed up in silver accessories and danced and sang around the tree.

The festival is a major event for the Miao people, during which they also visit relatives and set up romantic relationships, and is being celebrated by more and more people of other ethnic groups.