Abstract: Festival culture,as an important token of ethnical culture,reveals their unique features,expresses their emotions,succeeds their culture,and shows their identity of the ethnical people,and it is the most charming feature and cultural symbol in the process of civilization.Taking a case study in Enshi Prefecture as an example,this paper explores the modern value in protecting festival culture of the ethical people,tries to find the existing problems and suggests countermeasures.

Key words: ethnical areas, festival culture, cultural protection, cultural innovation