Married women return home for long table feast

By Yang Fan ( chinadaily.com.cn )

Updated: 2016-06-12

Aunties wearing headdresses from the Miao ethnic group sit down for a long table feast. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Thousands of married women gathered for a traditional long table feast in the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture on June 11.

The women all originally came from the prefecture’s Shibing county before marrying and moving further afield. It is tradition for married women from the county to return annually to visit parents and gather for a feast.

Food was laid out on more than 1,000 tables in three lines on the day, stretching 167 meters. The feast included local specialties such as fried peanuts, bean curd and stewed chicken.

Shibing aunties feed alcohol to visitors and guests. [Photo provided to China Daily]