A child shows a painted egg made for Shangsi Festival at a kindergarten in Hengyang county, Hunan province on April 18, 2018. [Photo/IC]

Traditional food

Five-colored sticky rice and painted eggs are traditional food for the Shangsi Festival. The Zhuang people believe rice is good for health and painted eggs are seen as a symbol of love.

People will make five-colored sticky rice cake, which can be eaten directly after steaming or made into fried rice. It is made by using various natural colorings, such as buffalo grass, which has bright colors and stimulates the appetite.

College students in Han costumes celebrate Shangsi Festival in Southeast University in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, March 30, 2014. [Photo/Chinanews.com]