Spend the first few days of Chinese New Year in Mengzi area, as Mengzi is close to many of the Miao Caihuashan festival's ground. Beside...Newyear day in Mengzi was busy, many shops kept open for business, and the area around Nanhu lake had turned into s free dancing ground for the Yi people, vendors market their space on the street by the lake couple days before Newyear eve. it was crowded of people on the 1st and 2nd day of Newyear. standard fraternization of different ethnics show, and evening fire-work, no surprise at all! still...better than quiet and all shops closed without any restaurant serving! The 3rd day marked the beginning of the Miao Caihuashan festival, but the weather also made a 179 degree changing....turned cloudy and windy, the sudden switched in climate caused teeth quaking!
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