Follow President Xi to Spring Festival celebrations — Wooden drum

<p>Ahead of the Spring Festival last year, President Xi Jinping visited a village of the Wa ethnic group in Southwest China&#39;s Yunnan Province.</p><p>In the village’s public square, Xi beat a wooden drum three times, following a local custom.</p><p>The hits carry three wishes: favorable weather for bumper harvests, peace for the country and the people, and peace for the whole world.</p><p>The wooden drum is a symbol of the Wa people, who mainly live in border areas of Yunnan.</p><p>Their population of roughly 400,000 has shaken off poverty.</p><p>Every festival, they celebrate with wooden drums and hair-swaying dances.</p><p>Just like the popular joyful song <em>Awa People Sing New Song</em>, Wa people are leading a better and better life.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">(Produced by Zhao Dantong, Huang Jingjing and Han Xiaomeng)</span><br/></p>