The 13th day of the third Chinese lunar month, on May 2 this year, marked the "San Yue Shi San" Festival of the Gudiao Yao ethnic group. Gudiao, Qingxi, Fuling, and Goulan Yao groups are the four major branches of Yao ethnic minority in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou. On every 13th day of the third lunar month, Gudiao Yao people would invite fellows of the other three Yao branches to get together. They made Aiye Ciba, a kind of glutinous rice cake mixed with Chinese mugwort leaves, and sang and danced to pray for a bumper harvest and prosperous year. The photo shows Yao people making Aiye Ciba to treat the guests at Gudiao Village, Yuankou Yao Township, Jiangyong County. (Photo/Pan Baiwang)

The 13th day of the third Chinese lunar month, on May 2 this year, marked the "San Yue Shi San" Festival of the Gudiao Yao ethnic group. Gudiao, Qingxi, Fuling, and Goulan Yao groups are the four major branches of Yao ethnic minority in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou. On every 13th day of the third lunar month, Gudiao Yao people would invite fellows of the other three Yao branches to get together. They made Aiye Ciba, a kind of glutinous rice cake mixed with Chinese mugwort leaves, and sang and danced to pray for a bumper harvest and prosperous year. The photo shows villagers staging a lion dance performance at Gudiao Village, Yuankou Yao Township, Jiangyong County. (Photo/Pan Baiwang) 

The 13th day of the third Chinese lunar month, on May 2 this year, marked the "San Yue Shi San" Festival of the Gudiao Yao ethnic group. Gudiao, Qingxi, Fuling, and Goulan Yao groups are the four major branches of Yao ethnic minority in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou. On every 13th day of the third lunar month, Gudiao Yao people would invite fellows of the other three Yao branches to get together. They made Aiye Ciba, a kind of glutinous rice cake mixed with Chinese mugwort leaves, and sang and danced to pray for a bumper harvest and prosperous year. The photo shows villagers staging a dragon dance performance at Gudiao Village, Yuankou Yao Township, Jiangyong County. (Photo/Pan Baiwang)

The 13th day of the third Chinese lunar month, on May 2 this year, marked the "San Yue Shi San" Festival of the Gudiao Yao ethnic group. Gudiao, Qingxi, Fuling, and Goulan Yao groups are the four major branches of Yao ethnic minority in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou. On every 13th day of the third lunar month, Gudiao Yao people would invite fellows of the other three Yao branches to get together. They made Aiye Ciba, a kind of glutinous rice cake mixed with Chinese mugwort leaves, and sang and danced to pray for a bumper harvest and prosperous year. The photo shows villagers staging a lion dance performance at Gudiao Village, Yuankou Yao Township, Jiangyong County. (Photo/Pan Baiwang)

The 13th day of the third Chinese lunar month, on May 2 this year, marked the "San Yue Shi San" Festival of the Gudiao Yao ethnic group. Gudiao, Qingxi, Fuling, and Goulan Yao groups are the four major branches of Yao ethnic minority in Jiangyong County, Yongzhou. On every 13th day of the third lunar month, Gudiao Yao people would invite fellows of the other three Yao branches to get together. They made Aiye Ciba, a kind of glutinous rice cake mixed with Chinese mugwort leaves, and sang and danced to pray for a bumper harvest and prosperous year. The photo shows villagers staging a dragon dance performance at Gudiao Village, Yuankou Yao Township, Jiangyong County. (Photo/Pan Baiwang)

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

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday