Photofact. In Chinese Guangxi recreated a thousand-year wedding ceremony of the Yao people

Participants of the Conference on the Development of Culture and Tourism of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GCHAR)-2026 and tourists visited the forest thermal resort “Sisi”, located in the city of Hezhou GCHAR of southern China, where they held a thousand-year wedding ceremony of the Yao people. A look at this offers “People’s Daily”, writes sb.by.

In the picturesque valley of Qingquan, among the hot springs and flowering fields for guests, the traditional wedding ceremony of the Yao “jialan” (the issuance of a groom), whose history dates back more than a thousand years, was recreated. According to this custom, after the wedding, the groom passes into the family of the bride.

The colorful wedding procession gave the guests an opportunity to plunge into the atmosphere of the ancient celebration and get acquainted with the original traditions of the Yao people.