Exciting Horse Racing in SW China

Source: Xinhua| 2019-08-01 15:19:52|Editor: huaxia

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A rider performs horsemanship during a horse racing festival in Litang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 30, 2019. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

LITANG, Aug 1, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1,000 herdsmen took part in a grand horse racing festival in Litang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. It is an annual horse racing festival for local herdsmen of Tibetan ethnic group. Amid the festive atmosphere full of excitement and joy, Tibetan herdsmen presented their ethnic-style horse races, including archery contest on the horse and picking up hada on the horse, as part of the equestrianism demonstrations.

A rider performs horsemanship during a horse racing festival in Litang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 30, 2019. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

Riders perform horsemanship during a horse racing festival in Litang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 30, 2019. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

A rider performs horsemanship during a horse racing festival in Litang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 30, 2019. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

Riders perform horsemanship during a horse racing festival in Litang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 30, 2019. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

People perform Tibetan opera on the opening ceremony of a horse racing festival in Litang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 30, 2019. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

People perform Guozhuang dance, or Tibetan bonfire dance, on the opening ceremony of a horse racing festival in Litang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 30, 2019. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

Riders perform horsemanship during a horse racing festival in Litang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 30, 2019. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)