Miao women in a line, dressed up with silver ornaments, welcome visitors at the entrance to the fair, which opened on Tuesday in Guizhou province. Zhu Xingxin / China Daily

The sixth China Kaili Original Ecological Folk Culture and Art Festival and 2013 China (Guizhou) International Folk Artworks Fair opened on July 18 in the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province and will last through July 26.

The events provide a stage for the prefecture to showcase its rich cultural resources to tourists from around the world, organizers said.

With the help of modern technology, various cultural characteristics of the Miao and Dong ethnic groups in Qiandongnan are on show.

The events began with a live performance on the lake at the Ethnic Culture Park in the host city of Kaili. The performance, inspired by the Miao, Dong and Yao cultures, featured native customs and presented the cultural richness of Qiandongnan to the audience.

Li Feiyue (first from the right), Party chief of the Qiandongnan prefecture, examines a silver ornament during his inspection of the exhibition. Zhu Xingxin / China Daily

Combining different performing arts and using Kaili's real landscape as the backdrop, the show created a spectacle imbued with the charms of the local cultures.

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