On July 18, the live video of the Black "Flower Face Festival" in Wenshan, Yunnan was circulated on the network. In a video, everyone is carrying pot ash, wiping the face of his friends around him, the average "black" face, a dog is also "besieged", and everyone is playing happily. In another video, the patrol police were not spared, they were smeared as "black cat sheriff", and the corgi passing by was smeared with "black smoke". Netizens joked that "the main one is an equal treatment, no matter who comes to have to be wiped two."
July 19, contact Yunnan Wenshan North County culture and tourism bureau staff, he introduced, "flower face festival" is Qiubei County, Yunnan Province Yi unique traditional festival, because of the ancient civilian pot smoke to smear the face, exorcism and evil named, Qiubei County has a history of thousands of years. "Legend has it that a long time ago there was a monster called 'Nian', everywhere to do evil and hurt the people, the people thought of a way to wipe the pot ash at the bottom of the cooking pot on the face, scare away the monster 'Nian', and gradually have the meaning of blessing and removing the demon." So the tradition has been passed down to this day, slowly spreading from one village to several, and now the whole Qiubei County is celebrating."
On the morning of July 18, 2023, the 2023 Yunnan · Puzhen Black "Flower Face Festival" was officially opened in Qiubei County Jiaolian Square. Qiubei County culture and Tourism Bureau county staff told reporters that this has been held continuously the 24th "flower face Festival" celebration, since the opening on July 18, held a month of celebration, in the next month, Qiubei will also hold a series of wonderful activities, enjoy the charm of national culture.
"People chase each other, hand grasp the stove soot, smear each other's faces, the local people believe that the blacker their face is touched by others, the more luck and happiness will come to them."