The Dong ethnic group’s New Year falls in late December, the eleventh lunar month, and is celebrated with a festival, during which the Dong people dress in exquisite embroidered costumes with silver ornaments.[Photo by Wang Bingzhen for chinadaily.com.cn]

A woman preparing the sticky rice snack baba.[Photo by Wang Bingzhen for chinadaily.com.cn]

[Photo by Wang Bingzhen for chinadaily.com.cn]

The Dong ethnic group celebrating their New Year last week in Rongjiang county, southwest China’s Guizhou province.[Photo by Wang Bingzhen for chinadaily.com.cn]

People dressed in festival costume and played lusheng reed pipes, singing and dancing in a courtyard.[Photo by Wang Bingzhen for chinadaily.com.cn]