Miao people in Guangxi mark new year with festival

Thousands of tourists gathered at Shuanglonggou scenic area to celebrate a big festival of the Miao ethnic group.

The Miao people have the tradition to perform dances and play the lusheng, a folk instrument, to celebrate the Miao New Year in late December, in Rongshui Miao autonomous county of South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. This year the festival fell on Dec 21.

Built as part of a relocation program of the county, the scenic area is home to hundreds of immigrants who moved there last year and 140 of them now work for the scenic area, which has received 700,000 tourists since its opening in 2018.