There are singing and dancing, bullfighting and horse racing, playing the lusheng, stepping on brass drums, dragon boat races, playing with dragon lanterns, singing Dong opera and so on. The main ethnic festivals include the Miao Lusheng Festival, Climbing Festival, Sisters' Festival, "April 8", Eat New Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Miao Year of the Miao, Dong Year of the Dong, Mudman Festival, Wrestling Festival, Lin Wang Festival, "March 3" Song Festival, "20 Ping" Song Festival, "March 3" Song Festival, "March 3" Song Festival, "March 3" Song Festival, "March 3" Song Festival, "March 3" Song Festival, "March 3" Song Festival, "March 3" Song Festival", and "March 3" Song Festival. Song Festival of "March 3" and "20 Ping", Duan Festival of the Water Tribe, and "Pan Wang Festival" of the Yao Tribe, etc. The "New Eating Festival" is the first of its kind in China. "Eat new festival" is the most grand, the most grand festival of the Miao people in the spring and summer, evolved from the ancient rituals, the festival time varies from place to place, generally in the early June to mid-August of the lunar calendar within this period of time.
The Miao people have a high-pitched, passionate and unrestrained "flying song", there are also euphemistic, lyrical and beautiful "traveler's song", and "ancient song", "Wine song", "song", its different modes, each with its own flavor, with artistic infectivity.
The ethnic dances include the Miao wooden drum dance and the solemn drum-stomping dance, which are called "oriental disco", the simple and lively Lusheng dance, and the "DuoYe Dance" of the Dong ethnic group.
Traditional sports of the ethnic minorities include the Miao's "dragon boat rowing" and martial arts, and the Dong's "Oriental rugby ball", which is known as the "snatching of flowers and cannons", and so on. Ethnic crafts include Miao batik, which was used as a tribute in the Song Dynasty, Dong brocade, and Miao and Dong embroidery, national costumes and jewelry, all of which have artistic and collectible values. Bamboo weaving is a traditional handicraft of Duyun's Buyi, Miao, Shui, Yao and many other ethnic groups. Paper-cutting is the unique art of paper-cutting in Fenghe, Yanghe and Kiba ethnic townships where Duyun's water tribes gather.
Ethnic architecture occupies a place in China's architectural history. The dry-rail footbridges of Miao, Dong, Shui, Yao, She and other ethnic groups, the Nga-yuan manor of the Tujia, and the drum tower and flower bridge of the Dong are all of distinctive ethnic features and artistic value.