Congjiang county, Guizhou province, held its annual Naoyu Festival on July 26, a traditional Miao festival held on the fourth day of every seventh lunar month.
People of Miao ethinic group hold the festival to express their wishes for a good harvest in autumn. People soak in the river, catching fish and cooling off from the summer heat.
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Visitors and Miao people in Douli town, Congjiang county, celebrate the Naoyu Festival on July 26. [Photo by Wu Dejun/Xinhua] |