Third Month Fair
third month fair bai language salwa zix one important festival celebrated bai people southwest china includes street bazaar performance sport game take place annually dali city yunnan fair last several day starting th day third month chinese calendar april may gregorian calendar begin april festival also known market guanyin guanyin bodhisattva mercy chinese buddhism said guanyin came ancient dali th day third month chinese calendar annual temple celebration established day alternative origin story say festival celebrates marriage princess family dragon king erhai lake fisherman princess fisherman went annual market held god goddess th day third month precious stone medicinal herb version story say market moon couple went buy fishing material find celestial market new market inspired moved earth became third month street fair festival observed bai people ethnic group yunnan begin th day third month chinese calendar april may gregorian calendar last several day third month fair date back tang dynasty began buddhist temple gathering miaohui traditionally time pray harvest also associated love considered time courting celebrated street fair held mount diancang near dali old town dali area cultural center bai people stall fair sell wide variety good including medicinal herb handicraft puer tea traditional candy local ham livestock silk gemstone amber jade wooden sculpture embroidery hat shoe kitchenware fishing farming tool furniture animal sold market include cattle horse mule inner mongolian camel one fair wellknown product traditional medicine third month fair said extensive array medicinal product sale anywhere western yunnan survey fair found hundred type traditional medicine sale including part china india myanmar thailand popular traditional medicine sold market include magnolia biondii crataegus pinnatifida glycyrrhiza uralensis festival involves singing dancing performance well competition including horse racing dragon boat race ball game board game archery wrestling martial art people dress traditional festive attire old town extensively decorated including lantern flower fair famous throughout country become tourist attraction attracting sightseer part china abroad modern time government official lent support third month fair seeing way promote economic growth especially minority community show support bai culture festival formally recognized government dali bai autonomous prefecture government invested permanent structure market including road hundred stall project involved close million rmb local government yunnan government million rmb investor third month fair recognized national level part china intangible cultural heritage third month fair local public holiday dali bai autonomous prefecture made public holiday resident getting two day later expanded three day th th third month chinese calendar corresponds april chinese herbology five golden flower film prominently feature third month fair list observance set chinese calendar tourism china traditional tibetan medicine