On the evening of February 21, the First Tourism Development Conference of Jishou City and the Ninth Drum Cultural Festival opened at the riverbank of the Wanrong River in Qianzhou Ancient Town. Drum teams from home and abroad, together with Xiangxi drum team, staged performances to showcase the charm of drum culture in an all-round way. The photo above shows a performance of foot juggling with drums by a Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region drum team. (Photo/Yao Fang)

On the evening of February 21, the First Tourism Development Conference of Jishou City and the Ninth Drum Cultural Festival opened at the riverbank of the Wanrong River in Qianzhou Ancient Town. Drum teams from home and abroad, together with Xiangxi drum team, staged performances to showcase the charm of drum culture in an all-round way. The photo above shows a performance of Jiangzhou drum music. (Photo/Yao Fang)

On the evening of February 21, the First Tourism Development Conference of Jishou City and the Ninth Drum Cultural Festival opened at the riverbank of the Wanrong River in Qianzhou Ancient Town. Drum teams from home and abroad, together with Xiangxi drum team, staged performances to showcase the charm of drum culture in an all-round way. The photo above shows long drum dance of Chaoxian ethnic group. (Photo/Yao Fang)

On the evening of February 21, the First Tourism Development Conference of Jishou City and the Ninth Drum Cultural Festival opened at the riverbank of the Wanrong River in Qianzhou Ancient Town. Drum teams from home and abroad, together with Xiangxi drum team, staged performances to showcase the charm of drum culture in an all-round way. The photo above shows a performance by a Middle East drum team. (Photo/Yao Fang)

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunantoday; Chinanews