Panwang Festival. The Yao people in Fuchuan have many festivals. In addition to the same festivals as the Han people, the grandest festival is "Returning Panwang's Wish", also known as "Panwang Festival". Panwang (Panhu) has long been recognized by the Yao people as the ancestor of the group, and the legend of Panwang is almost known to every household. According to legend, there was a King Ping in ancient times who raised a dragon dog with 24 patterns on its body, named "Panhu" (also known as "Colored Dog"). One year, the neighboring King Gao sent troops to levy the territory of King Ping. King Ping issued a notice to recruit talents to fight the enemy. Panhu took the notice and led his troops to the expedition, biting King Gao to death. After returning victorious, King Ping named him Panwang and fulfilled his promise to marry the most beautiful third princess to him. On the wedding night, the colored dog turned into a burly and strong man, and the princess was overjoyed. After marriage, the princess gave birth to six sons and six daughters for King Pan. King Ping gave each of his grandsons a surname (Pan, Feng, Bao, Shen, Tang, Huang, Li, Liao, Deng, Ren, Zhao, Zhou), which are the earliest twelve surnames of the Yao people. King Pan was not greedy for wealth and pleasure, but was content with farming and hunting. He brought his family into the mountains to cultivate land and weave, and taught his children to be self-reliant. Later, during a hunting trip, King Pan was knocked off a cliff by a wounded goat and died together with the goat. The third princess ordered her children to peel off the sheepskin and cover it on the long drum, and beat it hard to avenge their father. Since then, on this day every year, the Yao people gathered together to beat drums and whistle, sing and dance to commemorate King Pan, which evolved into today's "returning King Pan's wish" over time. In order to worship King Pan, the Yao people return a small wish every three years, a medium wish every six years, and a big wish every twelve years, which takes as little as three days and nights and as much as seven days and nights. The program includes playing the pai bang, the whole village dinner, and it is very lively. Some Yao people, such as the "Minjia people" in Lianshan Town, Fuchuan County, also carry the statue of Pan Wang for a tour; some villages are used to setting off fireworks, playing the reed pipe, dancing the reed pipe dance, and long drum. For example, all villages in Xinhua Township, Fuchuan County have this custom. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)