Wenshan Festivals and Events

Wenshan festivals and activities tell you what to do during the festival tour in Wenshan Yunnan, and they will surely enrich your Yunnan Travel. The featured festivals are the essential parts of culture, which represent their traditional rites, custom, costume, food and so on. If you want to know more about local folk culture, festival should be in your plan. 

Festivals in Wenshan

Wenshan offers the traditional festivals of Zhuang, Miao and Yao etc. Here are main festivals of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

Popular Ethnic Festivals in Wenshan

Spring Festival of Zhuang People 春节

In New Year’ Eve, Zhuang people will take copper drum, clean it and have the sacrifice ceremony. On the early morning of the first day of the year, the villagers took the torch to fetch water of the fresh year when the bronze drum rings.

Huashan Festival of Miao People 苗族花山节

Huashan Festival is the most important festival of Miao people in Wenshan. It is the festival to sacrifice ancestor of Miao, Chiyou(蚩尤), during the 3rd to 9th day of the first lunar month. The main activities include singing in antiphonal style, martial art show, horse-racing, bullfighting etc.

Panwang Festival of Yao People 瑶族盘王节

The activities and time of festival differ regionally. In general, they will kill the animal and give a banquet for giving a cordial hospitality to guests. It is the activity to memorize their hero, Panwang, who protect them in the ancient time.

Torch Festival of Yi People 彝族火把节

Torch Festival is one of the main festival of the Yi people of southwest China. It is celebrated on the 24th or 25th day of the sixth month of the Yi calendar, corresponding to August in the Gregorian calendar. The Torch Festival is an event as influential to the Yi people as the Spring Festival is in the Han people's lives. For 3 days, men and women, young and old, carry flaming torches and engage in a variety of activities. This time is also a good opportunity for young men and women to meet prospective spouses.

Hualian Festival of Yi People 彝族花脸节

Hualian means to enforce somebody to wear collies. Hualian Festival is special of Yi Minority in Qiubei County, Wenshan Prefecture. Yis there also claim themselves to be Sani branch like that in the Stone Forest. Yi ancestors in Qiubei were said to wear black collies on their faces to drive away evil spirits thus Hualian Festival was brought forth, and it has become a golden opportunity for young generation to develop new romances because they could, on that day, “mark the faces” to express love.

Further Reading:

• Torch Festival of Yi People 
• Panwang Festival of Yao People
• Huashan Festival of Miao People 
• Colored Glutinous Rice Festival of Zhuang
• Huajie (Sanyuesan) Festival of Zhuang

Festivals by Regions in Wenshan

Guangnan County

Yanshan County

Xichou County

Qiubei County

Malipo County

Maguan County

Funing County

Activities and Events in Wenshan

Diverse ethnic festivals also contribute to the various festival activities and cultural events in Wenshan. For your Wenshan Festival Tours, you can join in the activities such as Lotus Festival, Hualian Festival, Hedeng Festival and Food Culture Festival, etc.