A performance at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Huanjiang Fenlong Festival. [Photo/chinanews.com]

Huanjiang is the birthplace of the Maonan people and still retains its primitive, simple, and mysterious way of life. It is the only autonomous county of the Maonan ethnic group nationwide and also a world natural heritage site. The Fenlong Festival is a tradition in which participants pray for good weather for a good harvest, as well as happiness and health. It is held after the summer solstice every year and usually lasts three to five days.

Huanjiang Fenlong Festival is an autonomous region-level cultural heritage.