Splendor and pageantry as China's Dong people fete New Year
Dressed in exquisitely embroidered costumes with silver ornaments of various shapes and sizes, members of the Dong ethnic group attend a parade as part of their traditional new year celebrations in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Dec. 5, 2021. The group's New Year falls on the eleventh lunar month according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The festivities have been listed as an intangible cultural heritage. [Photo: VCG]
Dressed in exquisitely embroidered costumes with silver ornaments of various shapes and sizes, members of the Dong ethnic group attend a parade as part of their traditional new year celebrations in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Dec. 5, 2021. The group's New Year falls on the eleventh lunar month according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The festivities have been listed as an intangible cultural heritage. [Photo: VCG]
Dressed in exquisitely embroidered costumes with silver ornaments of various shapes and sizes, members of the Dong ethnic group attend a parade as part of their traditional new year celebrations in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Dec. 5, 2021. The group's New Year falls on the eleventh lunar month according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The festivities have been listed as an intangible cultural heritage. [Photo: VCG]
Dressed in exquisitely embroidered costumes with silver ornaments of various shapes and sizes, members of the Dong ethnic group attend a parade as part of their traditional new year celebrations in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Dec. 5, 2021. The group's New Year falls on the eleventh lunar month according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The festivities have been listed as an intangible cultural heritage. [Photo: VCG]
Dressed in exquisitely embroidered costumes with silver ornaments of various shapes and sizes, members of the Dong ethnic group attend a parade as part of their traditional new year celebrations in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Dec. 5, 2021. The group's New Year falls on the eleventh lunar month according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The festivities have been listed as an intangible cultural heritage. [Photo: VCG]