miao sister's meal festival is a major festival for a local miao in TaiJiang miao town located at south west china kaili guizhou province.
it is easy and interesting to visit for the girls
spectacular.it is probably specifil to KaiLi of
GuiZhou.a few day before the festival.girls flock to the mountains to collect wild flowers and berries to day the glutinous rice known"SISTER RICE".each girl prepare her rice with asymbol inside and then wraps it in a handherchief.young people from several villages gather together.the girls beautifully dressed in their embrolder costumes.everyone chats and the seach for
marriage.parteners.commences.towards everning the
newly formed couples.break away and begin to songing together.the girls give their sister rice to the boys who get an indication of the girls true feelings from the symbols within.a pair of the red chopsticks means she has accepted his hand in marriage,one chopsticks his love may not be retured.a garlic or chilli,the boy must look eleswhere.pine heedls indicate that the boy
should persend silks and colourful threads and that she will wait for him. the next day there are
bullflight birdflight cockflight horse ricing and
lusheng dance ect!
this festival always take place in spring time,and this year will come at Apr 25th.
i am local miao girl kaili si where i live.

here some minority folk festivals during spring festival time and take place on Easteern GuiZhou kaili city!
Festival Location Date
Lusheng festivals ( Miao) XiaSi Feb 3th
( Dong) JiTang Feb 3th---4th
( Miao) DaZhong PingZhong Feb 10th--12th
(Miao) ZhouXi SiQing Feb 14th
( Miao) QinMan Feb 13th--15th
( Miao GeJia) ChongAn Feb 16th--18th
(Miao) ZhouXi Feb 19th--21th
(Miao) XingGuang Feb 7th--9th
(Dong Yao) SanJiang Feb 17th---18th
(Miao) YaTang Feb 6th---7th
(Miao) Longe' MaoGong SuiKuo Feb 1th---7th
QiangHuaPao (Dong) ChongJIang Feb 5th
TaiGuanRen (Dong) ZhaoXing LongTu Feb 3th--4th
Dragon Lantern (Miao) TaiJiang SiDong GeDong Feb 15th
LuSheng playing and dance is the favorite of all the Miao and Dong villagers.whether old or young.when this time local people wear their beautifull traditional costumes ,that remain unchanged and all made by hand.it is always feel great pleasure for them when you visit their family in village them are very hospitily and friendly,once you entering you will be invited have dinner the most importemt them will offered as many as three or 5 cups of wine that them made by themself, very strong but test good.