People perform an activity of ancient ethnic Qiang at a festival in Sichuan, China

Local residents perform an activity of the ancient Qiang ethnic minority at the Guairu Festival in Puxi Township of Lixian County in the Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, March 13, 2013. Wednesday marks the second day of the second lunar month, which is also the Guairu Festival of the Qiang people, an occasion at which they make offerings to the gods and pray for good harvest.

Local residents perform dancing of the ancient Qiang ethnic minority at the Guairu Festival in Puxi Township of Lixian County in the Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, March 13, 2013. <Xinhua/Xue Yubin>