Festivals in October

Lusheng Festival of Miao Ethnic

Lusheng Festival in CongAnJiang and Gulong
It is one of the most important Miao's festival in this area.

Festival time in 2011
From Oct 22 to Oct 24, go to CongAnJiang and Gulong.

Stories of Lusheng
Lusheng is an antique reed instrument. The longest one is more than 1 Zhang (a unit of length, 1 Zhang = 3 1/3 meters); while the shortest one is less than 1 Chi (a unit of length, 1 Chi = 1/3 meter). Some have a maximum of 10 reeds in one Lusheng; some have only single reed or two reeds.

The most popular ones have 6 reeds, with forceful but low and deep tone or clear and melodious tone.

During the long history of the development of the Miao's culture, Lusheng has been not only regarded as the symbol of their people, but also mixed together with dance music, acrobatics and Wushu (a form of physical culture) etc.

There are nearly 100 tunes and dance paces with the Lusheng dance, of which, 10-odd are most popular, in lively rhythm and in bold, rough and warm style. The Lusheng dance may be like this: women's dance accompanied by men's playing or women's and men's dancing accompanied by their own playing. Also Wushu activities and some extremely difficult acrobatic feats of the Miao people have been assimilated in Lusheng dance, which are especially loved by the masses.

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