The Yi ethnic group started to celebrate their new year at the end of November. This year, a theater festival made the occasion even more jubilant, with a grand gala, street performances and hundreds of theater productions.

The destination at the foot of the Daliangshan Mountains and beside picturesque Qionghai Lake in Xichang, Sichuan province, welcomed its first-ever Daliangshan International Theater Festival from Nov 19 to Dec 1.

It was initiated by 23 artists fr