The dragon boat festival falls on the 25th of the fifth lunar month(it is often in July or late June). Different from Han Chinese Dragon Boat festival, the Miao Dragon festival focuses on praying for good luck and getting plenty rain for rice fields and other crops. Before the boat race starts, the local boatmen drive their dragon boats(made of a single timber) to visit their relatives on both sides of Qingshuijiang river. Their relatives already prepare gifts‘( of ducks, geeses, pigs, even a young bull) and wait for the boatmen‘s arrival. These are not just simple gifts, they also symbolize good lucks.
D1(July 3) Other cities - Arrival at Guiyang/or Kaili directly by bullet train.
D2(July 4) Kaili-Shidong-Zhenyuan, Dragon Boat festival!
Visit Dragon Boat Festival in Shidong.
And visit Zhenyuan in the late evening, enjoy the night view of Zhenyuan.
Overnight in Zhenyuan
D3(July 5) Zhenyuan-Kaili
Visit Black Dragon Cave, the ancient building groups on the cliff near Wuyang river in the morning and then visit Wuyang river by cruise and Matang village in the afternoon.
Overnight in Kaili
D4(July 6) Kaili - Shiqiao-Leishan
Visit Wudong Miao village, Shiqiao paper making Miao and Boji Miao village.
See the local Miao women making paper in Shiqiao and making embroidery and weaving in Qingman.
Overnight in Kaili
D5(July 7) Kaili
Visit a local market, depart from Kaili.