Minorities


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March Exchange Market

March exchange market was hold in March of lunar month every year in Lijiang, Yunnan. It has duration of seven days. The market was a day—long festival to Qing Dynasty emperor Qianlong decade, the Black Dragon Pool in north of Lijiang city built dragon ancestral and held temple king of dragon about three or five days long. After the revolution, Lijiang commercial the king of dragon temple advised by the association for conducting the exchange department.
Yuquan forest in the north between the lawn cater to horse---based livestock, exchange market trader continue to come to difference place. Yuquan become the center market of livestock. The exchange market on March and July of Lijiang, it comes from the tea horse road and communication in the local village in the past, most of the livestock used the farm in every village of Lijiang , so the economic develop very fast.

March Street in Dali

March street festival is belonging to the ethnic group that is a great festival for Bai people. That is traditional about trading and culture performance.
Dali, it is the autonomous region of Bai people, so March Street is popular and traditional festival in Dali. March Street is celebrated from March 15th in traditional Chinese lunar calendar in Diancang Mt. which west of Dali. It is holed on 5 to 7 days.