What are the traditional festivals in Longmen, Huizhou?

Fire Dog Dance Festival is a festival for Yao compatriots in Lantian, Longmen County, Guangdong Province. It is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month every year. Most ethnic groups in the south worship Vulcan and thank dogs for their kindness in raising the Yao people and driving away evil spirits.

Jumping the fire dog is not only a dance, but also a special and sacred ceremony. This is a "rite of passage" for Yao girls in Lantian. Every girl has to take part in the "fire dog dance" two or three times before she can declare to the Chinese that she has reached adulthood and enter the ranks of talking about marriage. As a result, on the specific "Reunion Festival", social group activities with girls as the main body were formed, thus forming the unique folk dance "dancing fire dogs" of Lantian Yao people.