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Festivals and Holidays

If you can arrange your travel around some of the festivals and holidays in Yunnan you will find it will add much to your travel experience. Celebrations fall into a few main categories: Religious Festivals like the Water Slashing Festival in Xishuangbanna, Festivals of commemoration like the Torch Festival celebrating seasonal changes and Agriculture and Festivals revolving around social activities and entertainment. Our personal favorites in term of visual interest and pure fun are the Water Splashing Festival, The Torch Festival, The Sword Festival and the Munao Festival. Below is a reasonably comprehensive list of major Festivals. Note some dates are based on the Lunar calendar. For more information on Festivals see our section on Minority People

Who

Where

When

What

Activity

Miao

Mengzie

3^rd day – 1^st month (Lunar Calendar)

Caihuashan Flower Mountain Festival

Singing, Dancing, Pole Climbing, Celebrating the arrival of Spring

Jingpo

Longchuan and Jiegao

15^th & 16^th day of the 1^st month (Lunar Calendar)

Munao Zongge The Lets Get Together and Dance Festival

Singing, Dancing, wine Drinking

Axi Yi

Hongwan

Feb. 27, 2009

Fireworship Festival

Body paint, Nudity worship of Mu Deng

Yi

Chuxiong, Dali, Stone Forest

24^th day of the 6 month (Lunar Calendar)

Torch Festival

Gongs, drums, Torch Parade, Wrestling

Naxi

Lijiang

15^th & 16^th day of the 1^st month (Lunar Calendar)

Sanduo Festival

Horse Racing, Picnics, Dancing

Bai

Dali

21^st day of the 3^rd month (Lunar Calendar

Bai Street Fair

Worship of Goddess pf Mercy, sports events

Lahu Yi

Dayao Shuangjiang

8^th day of the 2^nd month

Flower Picking Festival

Dancing, Picking Flowers

Buyi

Luoping

Feb. 7, 2009

Rapeseed Festival

Buyi and Miao People shows

Bai

Weishan

10^th to 12^th day of the 2^nd moth (Lunar Calendar)

Jiejinggu Festival

Singing, Dancing and Prayer in the Temples

Bai

Jianchun

8^th day of the 2^nd month (Lunar Calendar)

Taizi Festival

Ceremonies in local temples, Parade, Singing and Dancing

Lisu

Tengchong

8^th & 9^th day of the 2^nd month (Lunar Calendar)

Daogan Festival/ Sword Festival

Crossing the sea of Fire, Ladder Knife Climbing Singing

Santi Yi

Dayao

28^th day of the 3^rd month (Lunar Calendar)

Fuzhuang Jie or Costume Festival

Performances, Dancing Display of clothing

Dai

Xishuangbanna

End of the 6^th moth or beginning of the 7^th month (Lunar Calendar)

Water Splashing Festival

Dragon Boat Races, Kong Ming Lanterns, Fireworks, The largest water fight in the world

Bai

Dali

23^rd to 25^th day of the 4^th month (Lunar Calendar)

Raoshan Ling or Three Spirits Festival

Celebrations in the countryside, Sacrifices to ancestors

NU

Nujiang

April 10, 2009

Nu Fairy Festival

Worship at animist shrines

Yao

Mengla

29^th day of the 5^th month (Lunar Calendar)

Panwang Festival

Worship of ancestors, Singing, dancing

Everybody

Everywhere

Jan 26, 2009

Chinese New Year

Fireworks, Family reunions, Celebration of the New Year

Yi

Chuxiong

8^th day to the 15^th day of the 1^st Lunar month (Lunar Calendar)

Tiger Festival

Music, Drums, Sacrifices

Miao

Wen Shan

9^th to 11^th month (Lunar calendar)

Miao Spring Festival

Folk dance, Cockfights, Music

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