March 3 is the most poetic festival in China and the most romantic Valentine's Day of the Tujia people. Every year on this day, Bizka's children will dress up in costumes and meet together to "catch up with the sidelines", sing songs, touch the mud to show love, and wave their hands to carnival!
On April 11 (the third day of the third lunar month), in the Red Stone Forest Resort of Furong Town, Xiangxi, a mysterious and grand "mud extraction-sacrificial mud" ceremony, a fiery and passionate "mud touching carnival party" and a loving "mud touching side field" kicked off the 2024 11th Xiangxi mud touching carnival!
Red Stone Forest: The Tujia saintess takes mud and sings the legend of Nuwa
In the "secret realm of the sea 500 million years ago" and the "holy land of love of the Tujia people" Red Stone Forest, the Tujia saintess walked to the ancient altar by the sacred Tianchi under the guidance of Tima who shook the copper bell and stepped on the five directions. Legend has it that Nuwa once created people here to mend the sky, and the red stone used to mend the sky was taken from this endless red stone.
The holy woman devoutly took out the "holy mud" and thanked heaven and earth with the children of the Tujia family, which is not only the transmission and continuation of Nuwa's great love, but also carries the deep respect of the Tujia people for the nature of heaven and earth.
Furong Town: Tima Divine Song Sacrifice Mud Three-color mud tour of the ancient town
The holy woman boarded the boat from the Tianchi of the Red Stone Forest, passed through the mother river of the Tujia family, Youshui, and sent the holy mud to the ancient Waving Hand Hall, and prayed for the blessings and disasters of the world with a sacred and solemn mud sacrifice ceremony. Subsequently, the children of the Tujia family sang and danced, the golden dragon opened the way, and the holy woman held the three-color mud and Bizka to parade around the ancient town of Furong together, touching the mud and blessing every tourist, sending "bravery, wisdom and great love"!
Three-color mud check-in mud bazaar The romantic atmosphere has been full!
During the mud carnival, the whole Furong Town Red Stone Forest Resort has become a sea of "love"! In the mud cultural and creative market, all kinds of cultural and creative products around the mud that are both ancient and trendy are dazzling, leaving the footsteps of tourists;
Mud Carnival Party Bizka's children perform a love affair
When night falls, the thousand-year-old town of Furong transforms into a glittering heavenly fairyland. Under the starry sky, on the banks of the Youshui River, and above the waterfalls, the mysterious Maugus, the ancient Eba dance, the hot mud song and dance, and the passionate waving of hands and carnivals...... The amorous Bizka children use singing and dancing as a medium, touching the mud to convey love, full of the fiery enthusiasm of life, and interpreting the exclusive romance of love.
The bonfire burned in the sky, the dragon flew over, and tens of thousands of people waved their hands to touch the mud to show their love
The bonfire was lit, the dragon soared, the singing and dancing were sheng, and the mud was happy, and a big hand-waving blind date dance party joined by all the single tourists set off the climax of the carnival and ignited this loving Valentine's Day night!
In the circle of waving hands, people let go of pressure and estrangement, dance, touch the mud to show love, and every time they meet, it may be the beginning of love. Laughter and cheers echo in the night sky, creating a moving carnival picture!
It is reported that the 11th Xiangxi Mud Carnival will last from April 11th to August 10th (from March 3rd Tujia Valentine's Day to Qixi Chinese Valentine's Day), and interactive activities such as love check-in, three-color mud parade, mud carnival party, mud side field, and 10,000 mud makeup challenge will be staged on a regular basis during the entire mud carnival, and there will be a lot of fun and exciting activities in the follow-up!
Welcome domestic and foreign tourists and friends to come to Xiangxi Furong Town Red Stone Forest Resort to start a fiery and wild "touch the mud to show love" carnival trip! (Source: Xiaoxiang Morning News)