Flower festival is celebrated by the Nu people on the 15th day of the 3rd lunar month (April in 2013) every year in Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province. It is the grandest festival for the Nu.

All the Nu girls dress up and bring prepared sacrificial offerings to worship at the "fairy" cave in mountains on the day. Elders wearing traditional costumes chant scriptures beside altar, playing horn (a woodwind instrument) and beating drum at the same time. Lots of pines, flowers and corns are inserted around the the mouth of the cave, indicating good luck, happiness and harvest.

After the sacrificial ceremony, girls walk toward the cave to take "milk" of the "fairy" (water drops that dripped off stalactites in the cave is regarded as the "milk" of "fairy" by locals), praying for blessing from fairy. Then, people sit around hillside and enjoy foods together.

A archery competition is held then by the young people to add joy to the festival. In addition, they sing and dance around bonfires for the whole night.

(Editor:Hyesung)