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Travel Tips in Eastern Guizhou
Climate and Weather Southeast Guizhou is a good place for a visit all the year round. The weather here is subtropical. It is neither too cold in winter nor too hot in summer. If you are fascinating with the Ethnic Customs, the best time to there is during the Spring Festival Holidays and in early spring. The local festivals are mainly celebrated in this month. The average annual temperature is 14°C-18°C. The average temperature in January, the coldest month, is 5°C-8°C; and that in July, the hottest month, is 24°C-28°C. Temperatures differ due to the different geographic location and terrain. Generally speaking, the temperature in the south is higher than in the north, and that of the east is higher than in the west. The annual sunshine time is 1,068 hours to 1,296 hours. The frost-free period is 270 to 330 days a year, and the annual rainfall is 1,000 to 1,500 millimeters and the relative humidity is 78-84%. Local Festivals and Folk Custom Taijiang Dragon Lantern Festival This festival is celebrated with great gusto in Tajiang, near Kaili, where the entertainment takes n a unique flavor. Several groups in Taijiang, from the period of the 1st to 15th of the first lunar month, make large pap3er dragons that are manipulated by 10¡ª15 men. Children are given straw dragons. On the 15th night they weave through the streets stopping at different households. Each householder gives them money and liquor to ensure good luck for the family during the coming year, the paper-made dragon can't enter. The main street is filled with giant homemade fireworks made from bamboo and packed with gunpowder. These are lit and the flames directed at the dragons. The center of activity is outside the local government building where all the dragons come to receive money. Often there are as many as 30 to 35 dragons to destroy. The excitement continues until midnight with the unmarried ending the festivals by singing love songs to each other. Taiguanren Festival The Dong use the Han lunar calendar and hold numerous festivals throughout the year giving the young an opportunity to meet boys and girls from neighboring villages. If you plan your journey carefully, you should be able to visit at least one of their festivals. After the main events of a festival, girls and boys sit opposite each other singing together until dawn. The next morning, dressed in their best costume, the girls sit under the drum towers while the boys and men persuade the girls and women to go with them to their village to continue the festival. Tai Guan Ren Carnival in Congjiang County coincides with the Han Chinese Spring Festival at the beginning of the first lunar month. Men from a neighboring village dress up as government officials and soldiers and visit local people who are dressed as bandits, goblins, and strange animals. A man dressed in silk like government official is paraded through the village in a sedan chair. Everyone asks him for money and it is only when his purse is emptied that the girls clear the way for him to continue. The money is a New Year gift given by the guests to the host village dressed in their festival clothes. After the parade both villages entertain each other with songs under the drum tower. It can be regarded as an excuse for fun by the Dong people. Lusheng Festival This is a general name for the important courtship festivals held annually on a designated site called a 'flower ground', which could be translated as choosing a lover. The spectacular Lusheng festivals usually take place in January and February. Despite the cold weather, any opportunity to visit them can not be lost. Several villages and generations will join the festival. Mothers bring their daughters' finery which consists of embroidered costumes and silver jewelry. In only a very few areas, boys wear traditional dress; for the most part, men have put aside this costume. Festivals usually last over a three-day period, with the second and third being the most important. Girls dress in their festival costumes or put on their gorgeous attire on site. A series of courtship rituals are practiced. At Zhouxi, near Kaili, after forming a circle, boys of each village play Lusheng pipes while girls follow with a relatively simple dance step to show off their costumes to best advantage. 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 not only played a part of the symbol of their people, but also mixed together with dance music, acrobatics and Wushu (a form of physical culture) etc. With the communication and interaction of the culture among various national ethnic groups, the Lusheng dance is also popular in Dong, Shui, Buyi, Yao and Yi people. 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 is performed in this way: 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 Welcome the Guests in the Way It is the warmest welcome in the Dongs to receive the guests in the way. Actually, it happens when the Dongs invite guests to have a together or invite a friend-singing group to come to give performances. When the host hears the Lusheng (a reed-pipe wind instrument used by Miao, Yao and Dong nationalities from the guest, the host will immediately get ready for the welcome ceremony. Other Odds and Ends Phone Dialing Code: 0855 Postcode: 556000 Emergency Call Fire: 119 Police: 110 Traffic alarm: 122 Local telephone inquiry station: 114 Emergency center: 120

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