Sandu, Guizhou: Shui Horse Racing Staging "Fast and Furious"

"The ethnic group on the horseback" is how the Shui people are known. People at Sandu Shui Autonomous County, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province hold wonderful horse racing activities every year when they celebrate the Duan festival (new year festival in the Shui calendar).

In order to promote the county’s brand image as "the hometown of horse racing in China", polish its identity, and enhance its popularity and influence, Sandu Shui Autonomous County innovatively leverages its western racecourse and the local horse racing culture to boldly integrate traditional horse racing with modern events, thus deeply integrating horse racing sports with tourism development. The county constantly improves the experience of tourists, strives to lead the horse racing industry into a new form of sports consumption, and explores sustainable development paths and models in an innovative way, so as to promote the high-quality development of the cultural industry.

Horse racing highlight [Photo via Media Convergence Center, Sandu Shui Autonomous County]

Horse racing highlight [Photo via Media Convergence Center, Sandu Shui Autonomous County]

Horse racing highlight [Photo via Media Convergence Center, Sandu Shui Autonomous County]

Horse racing highlight [Photo via Media Convergence Center, Sandu Shui Autonomous County]

Horse racing highlight [Photo via Media Convergence Center, Sandu Shui Autonomous County]