ivities of young men and women. The festival Dragon Boat Festival ( 龙船节) The festival is popular in west hunan province and shi dong mostly in the fifth of May . Except for the dragon boat, there are horse races, bullfights( 斗牛) and other activities 。 The festival of sister( 姐妹节) In March 15 to 18 of lunar calendar .According to their traditional customs they will eat “ JieMeiFan ” --sticky rice (糯米饭) with colourfull dyed by the flowers and leaves in the mountains that collecting by the girls. The rice is as the staple food for three meals a day in most areas of miao. The diet Chili peppers is as the main seasoning . Like eating the dishes of sour in common, sour soup is necessary of every family. Miao wine has a long history, especially the variety wine of rice.