Nagqu Qiangtang Horserace Festival
Time: August 10 to 16
Venue: Northern Plain in the Tibet Autonomous Region
What's On: Tens of thousands of herdsmen in their holiday best go camping outside of Nagqu City. On the vast expanse of grassland are scattered many camps, lasting several miles. After a grand opening ceremony, various recreational and trade activities will start, such as horserace, yak race, tug-of-war, carrying rocks, doing sgor-gzhas (Tibetan group dance), and performing Tibetan operas.

Shoton Festival

Time: August 8-15
Venue: Lhasa, the Tibet Autonomous Region
What's On: It is also known as the "Tibetan Opera Festival" when a number of theatrical troupes gather at Lhasa. The Tibetan people in their holiday best go camping, and do singing and dancing at Norbu Lingka, and watch Tibetan operas for several days and nights in succession.

Tongliao Horserace

Ongbor Festival

Time: August 18-20
Venue: Zhuri River Grassland Tourism and Holiday Resort, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Sponsor: Tongliao City People's government
What's On: Horserace and horse walking competition. During the horse walking competition, the horse that walks fastest, the most stable and beautiful will win the competition, and in horserace, the horse that runs fastest and longest will be the winner. After the horserace begins, horsemen will flourish the whip to urge on the horse and horses will run swift as the wind and quick as lightning. What an exciting scene!

Onghor (Expecting Good Harvest) Festival

Horse racing

Time: August
Venue: Agricultural areas in Lhasa, Xigaze and Gyangze in the Tibet Autonomous Region
What's On: During the festival, the Tibetan people will walk clockwise around the fields, go camping in the open, ride horses, shoot arrows, do singing and dancing, listen to the Tibetan opera and take part in other recreational activities, thus displaying a beautiful folk customs picture.

The Third Qingjiang International Qingjiang Beach Race Festival in Enshi

International Qingjiang
Beach Race Festival

Time: August
Venue: Enshi City, Hubei Province
Sponsor: Hubei Provincial People's Government
Organizers: Hubei Tourism Administration, and the People's Government of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
What's On: Beach race, folk songs and dances, adventure into Tenglong Cave and Daughters Rally.

Hohhot Zhaojun Culture Festival
Time: August
Venue: Hohhot of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Sponsor: Hohhot People's Government
What's On: The International Folk Arts Festival, Zhaojun Tomb Folk Customs and Culture Activity, Exhibition of Folk Arts, Photos and Paintings, special local songs and dances, and yangko dance competition.

Nadun Festival

July Fair (Nadun Festival)
Time: August 30 to October 31
Venue: Qinghai Province
What's On: Various kinds of song and dance recreational activities will be held. "Nadun" is a unique traditional festival of the local Tu people to celebrate a bumper harvest. Like a temple fair, the Tu people get together to celebrate the bumper harvest, express their gratitude to the gods, and hope for a good harvest of all food crops. This revelry starts from the 13th day of the seventh lunar month to the 15th day of the ninth lunar month, lasting a total of 63 days. Hence the longest revelry in the world.

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