Huashan Festival, also known as "jumping on the field", "jumping on flowers", "playing with flowers" or "stepping on flowers", is a traditional Miao festival in northeast Yunnan, south Yunnan and south Sichuan, which originated from courtship activities of young men and women and is held around May 1 every year. Xingwen County in Sichuan is adjacent to Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces, where Miao compatriots are concentrated. People come across provinces to participate, often reaching tens of thousands. The scale is grand and the people are beaming. The Huashan Festival held in Pingbian Miao Autonomous County is also very large, and Miao compatriots from Wenshan, Maguan, Hekou and Mengzi are competing to participate.

Find a spouse and fall in love.

Huashan Festival is also a festival for Miao youth to find partners and fall in love. Men and women can know and understand each other by singing and dancing together. Miao compatriots came from all directions to help the old and the young. People wear colorful Miao costumes, and Huashan is crowded with people. When the "Flower Head" made a toast to the people who came to attend the festival, it announced the beginning of the "Huashan Festival". Suddenly, gongs and drums roared in Huashan field, firecrackers roared and flowers and colorful flags fluttered in the wind. People dance around the flower poles, following the rhythm of reeds, suona, huqin and other musical instruments. Some dances, three-step dance; Some play Lusheng frame (playing Lusheng in the opposite direction); Some lion dances. A good lion dancer is eligible to climb to the top of the flower pole and win two bottles of good wine and a pig's head as prizes. During the Huashan Festival, there will be horse racing, martial arts performances and bullfighting competitions, and the winners will be dressed in red. Very glorious, and will receive a certain amount of prizes or bonuses.

ethnic unity

Whenever you meet someone you like, you two will meet in a secluded place and tell each other how you feel. Some even give gifts to each other and make lifelong commitments. Young men and women who wear gorgeous costumes and sing folk songs under colorful umbrellas often leave unforgettable impressions on tourists. There will be material exchange during the festival. Supply and marketing departments and individual vendors organize many industrial and agricultural supplies and daily necessities for sale, and also purchase agricultural and sideline products and medicinal materials for sale in other places. The activities of the whole Huashan Festival are permeated with the unity and harmony of all ethnic groups, the joy and happiness of the people, and the sales and purchases are booming.