Singing carnival heats up Double Third Festival in Wuyi County

2019-04-04 09:52:52 source: In Zhejiang; Editor: Yongliu HE


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A singing carnival celebrating the coming Double Third Festival heated up the Sixth She People Culture Festival held in Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province on April 3, 2019.


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Double Third Festival, also known as Shangsi Festival, is an ancient Chinese festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month, which falls on April 7 this year.

 

Every year around this time of year, various events rich in ethnic flavor would be held across China to celebrate the festival, one of the most important occasions for the country's local ethnic minorities.


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During the festival She people, one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China, hold grand singing party to pay respect to ancestors and worship the agricultural gods.

 

The Zhuang ethnic group will gather in the open to set up a singing tent and take part in a singing party, where young men and women sing in antiphonal style, bump eggs, throw embroidered balls and express their love to each other. 

 

The Dong ethnic group would compete for firework-scrambling (a round,iron ring,5 cm in diameter with red cloth or silk twined around it),go for bull-fighting or bird fighting,and sing in antiphonal style.


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A singing carnival celebrating the coming Double Third Festival heated up the Sixth She People Culture Festival held in Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province on April 3, 2019.


VCG111203262428.jpg

 

Double Third Festival, also known as Shangsi Festival, is an ancient Chinese festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month, which falls on April 7 this year.

 

Every year around this time of year, various events rich in ethnic flavor would be held across China to celebrate the festival, one of the most important occasions for the country's local ethnic minorities.


VCG111203262427.jpg

 

During the festival She people, one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China, hold grand singing party to pay respect to ancestors and worship the agricultural gods.

 

The Zhuang ethnic group will gather in the open to set up a singing tent and take part in a singing party, where young men and women sing in antiphonal style, bump eggs, throw embroidered balls and express their love to each other. 

 

The Dong ethnic group would compete for firework-scrambling (a round,iron ring,5 cm in diameter with red cloth or silk twined around it),go for bull-fighting or bird fighting,and sing in antiphonal style.


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