People of the Miao ethnic group perform the Lusheng dance to celebrate the Guzhang Fertility Festival in Gaopai Villiage of Rongjiang County, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, December 31, 2007. [Photo: Moobol.com]

People of the Miao ethnic group celebrate the Guzhang Fertility Festival in Gaopai Villiage of Rongjiang County, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, December 31, 2007. [Photo: Moobol.com]

The Guzhang (water buffalo offal) Fertility Festival is held every 13 years to commemorate the ancestors of the Miao people and celebrate the harvest of the past years.

(China Daily January 3, 2008)