On July 20, the Culture, Tourism, Sports, Radio, Film and Television Bureau of Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County granted the plaque with the inscription of "Forty-eight Villages Singing Gathering" Inheritance and Study Base to Laoli Village, Outuan Township. Dozens of members of the county's Miao Ethnic Group Society, dressed in folk costumes, gathered at the Laoli Village Singing Yard to meet friends and express their feelings with songs. The "Forty-eight Villages Singing Gathering" is an intangible cultural heritage item of Hunan Province, with a long history and profound cultural tradition. (Photo/Zhou Yueyi)

On July 20, the Culture, Tourism, Sports, Radio, Film and Television Bureau of Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County granted the plaque with the inscription of "Forty-eight Villages Singing Gathering" Inheritance and Study Base to Laoli Village, Outuan Township. Dozens of members of the county's Miao Ethnic Group Society, dressed in folk costumes, gathered at the Laoli Village Singing Yard to meet friends and express their feelings with songs. The "Forty-eight Villages Singing Gathering" is an intangible cultural heritage item of Hunan Province, with a long history and profound cultural tradition. (Photo/Zhou Yueyi)

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunantoday