Longsheng Drying Clothes Festival

Fred Huang -- Mon 29, 2013, 3:25 pm

Drying Clothes Festival (Shai Yi Jie), also known as Dying Garments Festival and the Double Sixth Drying Clothes Festival, is a traditional fesitival originating in Longsheng, an ethnic county nearby Guilin.

Longsheng Drying Clothes Festival

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The festival occurs on the 6th day of the 6th month of the lunisolar Chinese calendar. This is the source of the alternative name of Double Sixth Drying Clothes Festival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The date varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar. In 2013, this fell on July 13 and in 2014 on July 2. In 2015, it's on July 21. In 2016, it's on July 9. In 2017, it's on June 29.

Longsheng Drying Cloth Festival

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The focus of the celebrations includes dying garments,drinking local home-made glutinous rice wine (sweet wine), viewing Longsheng Rice Terraces, Yao Women Long Hair Show, singing, dancing and wedding ceremony.

Yao Women Long Hair Show

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Longsheng Drying Garments Festival

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drying Cloth Festival in Longsheng China

 

 

 

 

 

 

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