As known to all kaili is the place with 158 festivals around a year.The most common festival is the lusheng festival held often during the first lunar year ( spring festival) ,here are the festival timing during the spring festival.
LuSheng Festivals
date place
9-11th Feb villages around KaiLi
11-13th Feb OngYi
12-13th Feb GuanYiShan,LenShuiAo
14-15th Feb YaTang
15-17th Feb XinGuang
18-20th Feb DaZhong
20-21th Feb QiMan ManDongChun
21-23th Feb TongGu
21-22th Feb WanChao
22-24th Feb LongChang
22th Feb ShiQIChun ( ZhouXi)
22-23th Feb DaZhong
24-28th Feb LuShengTang (zhouxi)
27th Feb-1st Mar ZhouXi
Festival date place
ChaiGuJie 14thFeb TaiJiang HaoWuZhai
DragonLantern Festival 23th Feb TaiJiang shiDong FanPai
Festivals for fun and for the people to get together and the most importent way for the young girls and boys to seach their lover and meet each other and find a marrigae partner,nearby villages usually hold the same festival a few days apart so that everyone can attend each other's,festival provide the opportunity to travel around,socialize,meet friends and kinsfolk and be entertained by singing and the dance and bullfight and cockfight and horse rice, a market is frequently set up during the festival time that allows people to buy much needed goods!LuSheng playing and dance is the favorite of all the Miao and Dong villagers.whether old or young.when this time local people wear their beautifull traditional costumes ,that remain unchanged and all made by hand.it is always feel great pleasure for them when you visit their family in village them are very hospitily and friendly,once you entering you will be invited have dinner the most importemt them will offered as many as three or 5 cups of wine that them made by themself, very strong but test good.
it's great experience to stay in the tradtional villages with local family duting the festival time, you can feel the minority culture strongly. i would love to help you if you are interested in homestay in return you will help me with my english lesson.
If you have no idea where you are going to go for the speing festival then coming to kaili where you gonna have great experience.
I am local miao girl here in kaili drop me here chinese_miaogirl@yahoo.com