The opening ceremony
An annual Labor-Selling Festival was held at Dongkeng Township of Dongguan on March 6.
Various amusement and cultural activities were held, including the most popular water pouring carnival, a large-scale opening ceremony, lion-dance performances, folk art and cultural performances and cuisine fair which boast local cuisines in Dongkeng as well as from other parts of China.
Cultural performances from Tumushuke
To make this year's festival special, the organizer had also invited some cultural performances from Tumushuke, a sub-prefecture-level city in the northern part of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Dongguan city was assigned by Guangdong provincial government last year to provide financial support to Tumushuke.
The water pouring carnival