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5. The Flower Pageant of the Danma Tu Minority

Declarer: Huzhu Tu minority Autonomous County, Qinghai Province

The Flower Pageant of the Danma Tu Minority, formed in the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It is a collection of the opera performance, singing and commodity trade. It is generally held every June 13 to 17 of the lunar calendar.

Initially the pageant was a traditional assembly, in which the local people prayed for good weather and harvests. However, it has become an important display of Tu Minority folk customs.

The Danma Flowers Pageant has a long history and enjoys a good reputation in Qinghai Province and it is necessary to protect it.

6. The Flower Pageant of 7-Mile Temple
Declarer: Minhe Hui and Tu Minority Autonomous County, Qinghai Province

The Flower Pageant of seven-mile Temple，held every June 6 of the Lunar calendar is at least 100 years old. When the day comes, about 70,000 people holdingumbrellas gather and sing the flowers ballad all night.

The Flower Pageant of 7-mile Temple has strong local flavor and is popular in the Northwest. There are numerous singers in attendance. In which many senior singers' songs are very difficult to hear usually. The singers mostly come from the folk, and sing the love songs primarily.

7. The Flower Pageant of Qutan Temple

Declarer: Yuedu County, Qinghai Province

The Flower Pageant of Qutan Temple is also the local temple fair, which originated in theQing Dynasty(1644-1911) and is held every June 14 to 16th of the lunar calendar. The pageant is large and influential. The Flower Pageant provides folk singers a good chance to sing from to the entire province and even the whole northwest area. The Han, the Zang and other nationalities all participate enthusiastically.

8. The Flower Pageant of Ningxia Hui Mountain

Declarer: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

The Mountain Flowers, also named the Dried Flowers, the Mountain Songs or the Wild Flowers, is one kind of representative ballad style, which is widespread in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It inherited the ancient ballad characteristics of Long Mountain that repeat once every three sentences and allows for improvisational singing and adding words to the songs.

The Mountain Flowers have a unique style and is highly valuable for ethnological research. . Few singers now know the Mountain Flowers styles and they need to be protected.