Qiandongnan is known as "the home of a hundred festivals", and there are more than 200 festivals and gatherings in a year. Festivals are rich and colorful, there are singing and dancing, bullfighting and horse racing, blowing the Lusheng, stepping on the copper drum, dragon boat racing, playing dragon lanterns, singing Dong opera and so on. The main ethnic festivals include the Lusheng Festival of the Miao, the Climbing Festival, the Sisters' Festival, the April 8 Festival, the Eat New Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Miao Year of the Miao, the Dong Year of the Dong, the Mudman Festival, the Wrestling Festival, the Lin Wang Festival, the March 3 Song Festival, the " 20 Ping" Song Festival, the "20 Ping" Song Festival and the "20 Ping" Song Festival. Song Festival of "March 3" and "20 Ping", Duan Festival of Shui ethnic group, and "Pan Wang Festival" of Yao ethnic group, etc. These festivals are a great opportunity to show the beauty of Qiandong. These festivals and gatherings are a hundred gardens showing the ethnic customs and splendid culture of Qiandongnan. Beginning on the third day of the first month is almost always in the sea of joy, which is known as the first month of the fifteenth day of the first month of the "reed-song shrine" of the town of Wanchao Martin village of the reed-song will be, and the twentieth day of the first month is listed as a tour of the provincial cultural relics protection unit of the Gannan Xiang reed-song hall more traditional and lively.
"Eat new festival" is the most grand and grandest festival of the Miao people at the turn of spring and summer, evolved from the ancient rituals, the time of the festival varies from place to place, usually in the early June to mid-August of the lunar calendar period. Qiandongnan is known as the "Ocean of Song and Dance", and all ethnic groups have always been known for their ability to sing and dance. The Miao people have a high-pitched, passionate and exuberant "Flying Song", as well as a melodious, lyrical and beautiful "Yufang Song", and the simple and unadorned "Ancient Song", "Wine Song" and "Big Song", which have different tunes and flavors, and have strong artistic influence. Most of the songs of the Dong people have beautiful melodies and various tunes, just like gurgling water, there are chorus songs and solo songs, especially the unaccompanied, no conductor of the multi-voice Dong "big song", with its simple and beautiful tunes, unique way of singing is famous both at home and abroad.
The national dances of Qiandongnan are colorful and diverse, with powerful and bold movements, known as the "Oriental disco" of the Miao Wooden Drum Dance and the solemn Stomping Drum Dance, the simple and lively Lusheng Dance, and the Dong Doye Dance. These dances have a strong flavor of life and are the wonders in the garden of Chinese culture. The traditional sports activities of minority nationalities in Qiandongnan are closely connected with the national customs and closely related to the history and production and living environment of each nationality, and are an important part of the national culture, full of rich interest in life and local flavor, mainly including the "Dragon Boat Rowing" and Wushu of the Miao nationality, the "Grabbing Flowers" of the Dong nationality, known as the "Oriental Rugby Ball", the "Grabbing Flowers" of the Dong nationality, and the "Duoye Dance" of the Dong nationality. Oriental Rugby" of the Dong people, such as grabbing the firecrackers.
Guandongnan's ethnic crafts are beautiful, including Miao batik, which has been a tribute product since the Song Dynasty, Dong brocade of the Dong ethnic group, embroidery of the Miao and Dong ethnic groups, and distinctive ethnic costumes and jewelry, all of which are of high artistic value and collector's value.
The ethnic architecture of Qiandongnan occupies an important place in the history of Chinese architecture. The Miao, Dong, Shui, Yao, She and other nationalities of the dry-rail type footstools, the Tujia's Nga-yuan manor, the Dong's drum tower, flower bridge have distinctive national characteristics and high artistic value.