Friday, May 1, 2009

Hua Jie festival

The "Hua Jie" festival is celebrated annually by the people of the Zhuang community, living in Guangnan county in Yunnan Province. The Hua Jie festival, or "floral street festival", falls in March on the Lunar calendar.






TheHuaJiefestival,or"floralstreetfestival",fallsinMarchontheLunarcalendar.

TheHuaJiefestival,or"floralstreetfestival",fallsinMarch
ontheLunarcalendar.


According to legend, the Hua Jie festival originated from the ceremony of exchanging seeds, and it's also thought it was a chance for young people to find love. This year's Hua Jie festival began on Monday. The Zhuang people held ceremonies and took part in traditional dancing.


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