Ethnic villages flourish in Huanjiang

Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county, Hechi in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, has been taking steps to protect its cultural diversity.

A plaque unveiling ceremony for Chinese villages with distinctive ethnic features took place in Chenshuang village, Huanjiang on July 7, with the aim of further promoting its folk cultures and extensive ethnic tourism attractions.

Chenshuang village was added to a list of villages notable for their ethnic cultures in March, after Xianan village in 2014.

The list was released by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China.

In recent years, the Huanjiang government has made efforts to vigorously protect and develop its featured villages, with some remarkable achievements made so far.

Festival-goers dance around the bonfire to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival with members of the Miao ethnic group in Chenshuang village, Huanjiang, on May 28. [Photo by Yang Zhixiong/gx.chinanews.com]

A project to develop a group of villages has recently been launched in Huanjiang, with the aim of creating villages that highlight ethnic features, rich folk cultures, and beautiful environments.

Villagers gather in a circle and play the Lusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, to celebrate the harvest, in Chenshuang village, Huanjiang. [Photo by Gao Dongfeng/Xinhua]

Dressed in their traditional clothing, villagers dance to celebrate the harvest of sugar orange in Chenshuang village, Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county, Hechi in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Jan 16. [Photo by Gao Dongfeng/Xinhua]