Miao people celebrate Guzang Festival in Guizhou(1/5)

People of the Miao ethnic group take part in a celebration for the Guzang Festival in Congjiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Dec. 24, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Dejiang)

Wearing traditional ethnic dress, Miao villagers perform with lusheng reed pipes to celebrate the festival.

The Guzang Festival is a grand ceremony held every 13 years by the Miao ethnic people to worship their ancestors. It was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.

People of the Miao ethnic group take part in a celebration for the Guzang Festival in Congjiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Dec. 24, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Dejiang)

People of the Miao ethnic group take part in a celebration for the Guzang Festival in Congjiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Dec. 24, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Dejiang)

People of the Miao ethnic group take part in a celebration for the Guzang Festival in Congjiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Dec. 24, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Dejiang)

People of the Miao ethnic group take part in a celebration for the Guzang Festival in Congjiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Dec. 24, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Dejiang)