We selected the following festival tours for you to enjoy while you travel to China.  It's easy to add on any of the unique festival tours to your itinerary.

Monlam Festival in Amdo Tibet

Monlam is an important monastic festival that lands during January and February, the time of the Tibetan New Year. Of the number of ceremonies that occur during this festival they include the airing of Buddha's Thangka, the Maitreya Procession, the Mask Dance, the Fire Puja, and the Butter Sculpture Display.  January and February, Lanzhou, Qinghai province

11-day Xining, Tongren, Xiahe, Langmusi, Hezuo, Lanzhou, inquire for a tour

Luoping Flower Festival

Early every spring, the blossoming crops of Luoping in eastern Yunnan Province draws flocks of tourists and photographers. Sprawling farmland covered in golden rape stretches right up to the horizon, forming a sea of yellow buds and filling the air with the refreshing smell of spring.  The small town of Luoping lies in the relatively underdeveloped eastern part of the Yunnan province. January to March, Yunnan, inquire for a tour

Water-Splashing Festival

Water-Splashing Festival is the most ceremonious traditional festival of the Dai minority. It usually takes place in mid April or early May of the solar calendar, often ten days before or after the Tomb-sweeping Day (Qingming Festival), and lasts three to seven days. Water-Splashing Festival is the New Year in the Dai calendar.  It’s the most celebrated festival in Yunnan Province. In this festival, the Dai People without reference to age and sex will dress up in colorful traditional clothes and shoulder clean water to the Buddhist Temple. They will first bathe the Buddha and then begin to splash water with one another for wishing luck, happiness and health.  April or May, Xishuanbanna

4-day Jinghong tour, inquire for a tour

Sister's Meal Festival

Sister's Meal Festival of Miao in Shidong is in April or May every year.  It is well known as the Oriental Valentine's Day.  At this meal one eats lover's rice which has been died into different colors.  It offers opportunities for young people to find their marriage partners. Festival's activities include bull-fighting, dragon-boat race, wooden-drum dance and local market. April or May, Guizhou

6-day Guiyang, Anshun and Kaili tour starts at $870/pp, inquire for a tour

 

Mongolia Naadam Festival

Naadam is a traditional type of festival in Mongolia. The festival is also locally known as "the three games of men". The games are Mongolian wrestling, horse racing and archery and are held throughout the country during the midsummer holidays.  July, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
4-day Hohhot, Baotou and Erdos tour starts at $800/pp, inquire for a tour

Tongren Shaman Festival

The Shaman Festival of Tongren Qinghai is celebrated by the Tu ethnic minority.  The worship ceremony is presided by the village shaman.  There are numerous activities including piercing needles through one’s cheeks which is to prevent diseases, climbing the dragon pole, ritual dances, the beating of holy drums and the singing of folk songs, and a grand finale of the priest splitting the mountain.  August, Xining, Qinghai
5-day Xining and Tongren tour started at $540/pp, inquire for a tour

Yunnan Torch Festival

The traditional Torch Festival is a once a year event that has been carried out over the centuries by the Bai ethnic people. Known originally in ancient times as the 'Festival of New Fire', the burning torches are inspired by a deep cultural significance of hope for the future.  In Yunnan, stunning mountain scenery is matched by the fascinating minority cultures far less visited by outsiders.  Yunnan is eager to share its history as tea and jade traders along the famous tea & horse caravan known as southern Silk Road.  July or August, Yunnan

12-day Boundless Yunnan and festival tour Kunming, Shangri-la, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lijiang, Shaxi, Dali starts at $2798, inquire for a tour

Tibet Shoton Festival

Shoton Festival is the largest and most mysterious festival in Tibet.  The festival mainly consists of 3 parts - Great Buddha Display, Tibetan Opera Show and Horsemanship & Yak Race Show. In combination they represent the best of Tibetan religion, culture and tradition. August, Lhasa, Tibet

5-day Lhasa and festival tour starts at $800/pp, inquire for a tour

Guizhou Lusheng Festival

In Guizhou, the Lusheng Festival is a magical time of the year when all the unmarried men and women of the village gather for this colorful ceremony to choose a partner. There's an abundance of bright costumes and decorations, as well as performances with the traditional Lusheng pipes.  November, Guizhou

10-day Discovering the minorities through festival and handicraft Guiyang, Kaili, Zhenyuan, Kaili tour starts at $2196/pp, inquire for a tour