On November 30, 2020, Yao compatriots in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, held a grand event to celebrate the Panwang Festival, a traditional Yao festival, with songs and dances. Panwang Festival is a major festival for the Yao people to sacrifice their ancestors, panning, and an important event to inherit Chinese Yao culture and Yao etiquette, which is held every year on the 16th day of the 10th month of the lunar calendar.
↑ Yao compatriots in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, performing songs and dances. Photo by CICPHOTO/Pan Baiwang
↑ Yao compatriots in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, performing a bull horn dance. Photo by CICPHOTO/Tian Rurui
↑ Yao compatriots in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, are worshipping the Pan King. Photo by CICPHOTO/Tian Rurui
↑ Yao compatriots in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, performing puppet plays. Photo by CICPHOTO/Tian Rurui
↑ Yao compatriots in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, take a selfie after the song and dance performance. Photo by CICPHOTO/Tian Rurui
Editor: Cui Hao