4 fun, dangerous festivals in China– climbing knife ladder, frog dancing
From risky blade climbing to legalised thievery, China’s cultural diversity makes the country home to numerous strange festivals
Aside from the better-known festivals celebrated universally by 1.4 billion people, such as the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, China is home to some unique and bizarre annual events that reflect the country’s diversity of culture.
The Post takes a look at four of the most unusual festivals.
Melon-stealing
In some rural areas of southwestern China’s Guizhou province and central China’s Hunan province, there is one day of the year during which theft is completely legal.
Across China, that day is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
But villagers in the above places believe that stealing melons from other people’s farmland and gifting them to couples will bring them the child they desire.