Wudang district township celebrates traditional festival

The 6th Xieniu Festival opened on Nov 15 in Xinpu Bouyei township in Wudang district, Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, aiming to help pass on Bouyei culture, show off the charms of the township and promote its rural tourism brand.

Locals make rice cakes to celebrate the Xieniu Festival. [Photo/gywb.cn]

The annual Xieniu Festival is a traditional celebration for residents of Xinpu Bouyei township.

Every year on the first day of October in the lunar calendar, the Bouyei people in the township dress up the cattle with red cloth and prepare steaming glutinous rice for the cattle to eat, to give thanks to the herds for their hard work all year round.

The festival featured a traditional Bouyei welcoming ceremony, a handicraft display, an agricultural market, devotional ceremony, folk art performance, long table banquet and fire party.

In addition, a signing ceremony for investment projects was held, with the inking of three projects covering tourism and aquaculture.

The Xieniu Festival is a traditional celebration for the folk of Xinpu Bouyei township in Wudang district. [Photo/gywb.cn]

Tourists and locals alike get involved with handicrafts. [Photo/gywb.cn]