Photo by Yue Wenbin
Photo by Zhang Yongping
Photo by Ma Jing
Wearing green fangs on his head, wearing a sheepskin jacket, holding a sword in his left hand, holding dust in his right hand, carrying a brass bell and pedaling cowhide boots, dancing in a counterclockwise circle to follow the rhythm... On the fifteenth day of the first month, in Wen County, Longnan City, Gansu Province, the white horse Tibetans, the oldest tribe in East Asia, who live in the local area, dress up as "mountain gods", "bodhisattvas", "clowns", "chi brothers", "chi mothers", "Zhima", "monkey dolls" and other appearances, jumping from house to house, praying for the Lantern Festival. The Baima Tibetans are descendants of the ancient Qi people, "Chi Ge Day" is its most complete and characteristic national dance and traditional sacrifice activities, "Chi Ge Day" mask dance has been included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. (Yue Wenbin, Zhang Yongping, Ma Jing)