Ethnic performances staged to welcome Lantern Festival

Photo taken on February 25, 2026, shows performance troupes from various ethnic groups staging celebrations to welcome the Lantern Festival at a traditional ethnic cultural experience zone in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Zhangye City, northwest China’s Gansu Province. The performances featured Yangko dances, parades of horse, camel and yak teams, herdsmen’s dances, displays of intangible cultural heritage costumes, and Tibetan opera, showcasing a joyful atmosphere of ethnic unity and festivity. (Wang Jiang/Guangming Pictures)

Photo taken on February 25, 2026, shows performance troupes from various ethnic groups staging celebrations to welcome the Lantern Festival at a traditional ethnic cultural experience zone in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Zhangye City, northwest China’s Gansu Province. The performances featured Yangko dances, parades of horse, camel and yak teams, herdsmen’s dances, displays of intangible cultural heritage costumes, and Tibetan opera, showcasing a joyful atmosphere of ethnic unity and festivity. (Wang Jiang/Guangming Pictures)

Photo taken on February 25, 2026, shows performance troupes from various ethnic groups staging celebrations to welcome the Lantern Festival at a traditional ethnic cultural experience zone in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Zhangye City, northwest China’s Gansu Province. The performances featured Yangko dances, parades of horse, camel and yak teams, herdsmen’s dances, displays of intangible cultural heritage costumes, and Tibetan opera, showcasing a joyful atmosphere of ethnic unity and festivity. (Wang Jiang/Guangming Pictures)