Body painting or art painting the body with paint, in general this trend is done by the artist painting on the human body as his canvas, but in china has held a body painting competition on buffalo body, the Artists from eight countries gathered in the region, in China on dated april 10, 2018 and then, they gathered to take part in the international buffalo bodypainting competition. Pu'er City has been holding bodypainting cattle competitions for the last three years, and the competition that year coincides with the 60th anniversary of the founding of Jiangcheng County.
A total of 48 buffalo coated with bright colored body paint. Each buffalo is painted by a group of 3 to 7 artists from England, Italy, Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Vietnam, Laos and China. The prize money of 100,000 yuan ($ 16,042) is offered for the most beautiful buffalo. This year, the first step in the competition was won by a local schoolchild team.
The painting of a buffalo is an ancient custom in Jiancheng originating from a legend, which he claims a group of buffalo had been attacked by a large tiger when they were taken to a field for grass. The tiger caught an unlucky buffalo and as the two creatures fought in the field, mud and blood covered the buffalo's body. Then the buffalo looked so horrible that the tiger became scared and ran away. After that the locals began painting their cattle to prevent from the predators. The tradition then evolved into a popular festival held annually to celebrate harvesting and honoring cattle.
