Yao ethnic women keep long hair tradition alive

The Huangluo village of the Yao ethnic group locates at the Longji Terraces in Heping Town of Longsheng county in Guilin. Women here have the tradition of keeping long hair. They believe that long hair brings good luck and fortune. The average length of hair of 180 women in the village is 1.7 meters. A woman shows the hair cut off from a 18-year-old girl to tourists at the Huangluo village of the Yao ethnic group in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, July 15, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]