Lusheng is a popular musical instrument among the Miao during festivals, weddings or funerals. Some festivals are called Lusheng, because Miao people use Lusheng for celebrating festivals.

　There are many interesting Lusheng festivals in Guizhou every year among the Miao. Some are large, some are small, the big ones are Zhouxi Lusheng festival on the first lunar month, Gulong Lusheng festival on the ninth lunar month, etc, usually they last for several days followed with lot of traditional activities.

　Gulong Lusheng festival occurs on the ninth lunar month, which lasts for three days. During the three days, thousands of people come to join the festival. They mainly are from Gulong, Huangpiao, Chong'an, Wengping and Miaolong, these Miao are called Gulong style Miao, a few Miao from Panghai, Kaitang and Wengxiang, they are called Geyi style Miao. Sometimes, you also can find a few Miao from Shidong(Shidong style Miao), Taijiang and some from Zhoxi(Zhouxi style Miao), Kaili.

For foreign tourists, you need to know something in advance, maybe it's much better to this information ahead. There is a toilet near the school, but it's very, very dirty, it's not possible for ordinary foreigner tourists to use it, for backpackers, ok, it's fine for them. you can't find a suitable place for bath room, so you must arrange for that in advance, for instance, you can drink less coffee and water on the way, or you can go to the bath rooms first before arriving at the festival ground, there are some small trees on the way from Panghai to Gulong, perhaps you can use the nature bath room there. One more thing is that many people will come to join the festival, so a lot of cars park there, and you have to walk a not short distance to get to the festival ground, and the street is very crowded.

The legend goes, many year ago, a dragon swallowed a Miao men's( his name is called Wang Bo in Miao language) son, so Wang Bo was very angry, and he killed the dragon, then it became dark all days and all nights, crops can not grow, people were starving. One night in his dream, the dragon told Wang Bo that he was very lonely in the hell, if Wang Bo told the Miao to play Lusheng for him, he will let the days be bright and plants grow, so Wang Bo told the villagers to play Lusheng and dance Lusheng, then it became bright, crops could grow well, the Miao had a very good harvest, thus they followed this tradition till today.

Anyway, the festival is worth a visit, it happens only once a year, not every day. For backpackers, there are also some buses from Kaili to Gulong, so they can find the buses in Kaiyunsi( Kaili transportation coporation).