When is the New Year of the Yi people?

Yi people celebrate the New Year every year around165438+1October 20th.

In the Year of the Yi Nationality, the Yi language called "Kush" is a sacrificial and celebratory folk festival that integrates many folk issues such as ancestor worship, entertainment, catering and entertainment, and clothing system. It is held every year165438+1on an auspicious day around October 20th. The cycle of the Yi people's New Year Festival is three days, but before the official New Year, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to ancestors and inviting them home for the New Year began.

Liangshan Yi Year is mainly used in Butuo, Meigu, Zhaojue, Ganluo, Xide and other 17 counties (cities), among which Zhaojue, Meigu, Butuo and Xide are representative and characteristic. 20 1 1 On May 23rd, the Year of the Yi Nationality was approved by the State Council to be included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage with the heritage number ⅹ- 129.

Historical origin

There are many legends about the origin of the Year of the Yi nationality in various regions of the Yi nationality, among which the most popular one is: A long time ago, there was a young Yi man named Ao Bouxin who respected his mother, but for some reason, his mother was unhappy all the year round. In order to make his mother happy, he racked his brains and tried his best, but to no avail.

One year after the autumn harvest, Xiaobu slaughtered chickens and sheep, worshipped ancestors, invited neighbors and relatives and friends to get together, and everyone laughed and laughed in the pot field, finally making his depressed mother smile. Daisuke's long-cherished wish has finally come true.

To commemorate this unforgettable day, he holds the same activity every year after the autumn harvest. In this way, the Yi people have been handed down from generation to generation, which has become an important traditional festival for the Yi people to remember their ancestors.