China is a multi-ethnic nation. Each nationality and every geographical region has its own custom festivities. Miao ethnic group worships ancestors by thumping cows; Yi and Bai ethnic groups have the Torch Festival; others like the "King's day" of Yao ethnic
group; "Zangli New Year (lunar calendar used by Tibetan ethnic group);" "Aobaojie" in Inner Mongolia; and Paiwan ethnic group's celebration of harvest in Taiwan, etc. It is through this array of festivals that folk art is seeded, grown and blossomed.
