Unveil mysterious Guai Ru Festival of Qiang nationality in SW China (5)

（People's Daily Online） 12:38, March 14, 2013

Men of Qiang nationality dressed in folk costumes perform Qiang music during the celebration for the Guai Ru Festival in Lixian county, southwest China's Sichuan province, March 13, 2013. (Chinanews/An Yuan)

People of Qiang nationality celebrate the Guai Ru Festival in Lixian county, southwest China's Sichuan province, March 13, 2013, on the occasion of the second day of the second lunar month, known in Chinese as Er Yue Er, "a time for the dragon to raise its head", as a Chinese saying goes. Local residents gathered together to worship the god of nature and pray for peace and prosperity of the year.

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