Participants in ethnic costumes perform Guozhuang dance during a contest in Jinchuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 18, 2025. (China News Service/Yuan An)

A total of 18 teams attended the contest on Tuesday. A listed national intangible cultural heritage, traditional Guozhuang dance is a type of group dance and singing without musical accompaniment that is popular with the ethnic Tibetan people of Yunnan, Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu provinces and the Xizang Autonomous Region.

Participants in ethnic costumes perform Guozhuang dance during a contest in Jinchuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 18, 2025. (China News Service/Yuan An)

Participants in ethnic costumes perform Guozhuang dance during a contest in Jinchuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 18, 2025. (China News Service/Yuan An)

Participants in ethnic costumes perform Guozhuang dance during a contest in Jinchuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 18, 2025. (China News Service/Yuan An)

Participants in ethnic costumes perform Guozhuang dance during a contest in Jinchuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 18, 2025. (China News Service/Yuan An)