Miao ethnic group celebrate Gannangxiang festival in SW China’s Guizhou

Girls of Miao ethnic group perform a dance in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 15, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Kids of Miao ethnic group perform Lusheng in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 15, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

People perform a dance in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 16, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Girls of Miao ethnic group perform a dance in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 16, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Girls of Miao ethnic group perform a dance in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 16, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

An aerial drone photo show people performing a dance in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 16, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Photo by Long Lingzhi/Xinhua)

Girls of Miao ethnic group perform a dance in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 16, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

An aerial drone photo show people performing a dance in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 16, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Photo by Long Lingzhi/Xinhua)

A girl of Miao ethnic group performs a dance in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 15, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

People of Miao ethnic group perform Lusheng in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 15, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Boys of Miao ethnic group perform Lusheng in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 16, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

This inverted reflection shows girls of Miao ethnic group performing a dance in celebration of the Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Feb. 15, 2025. In Kaili, local ethnic Miao people have the custom of donning their traditional attire and performing Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, to rejoice in the annual Gannangxiang festival, a time-honored celebration in Guizhou during the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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