What are the three things that Yi people should do in the New Year?

Killing pigs is the top priority of the Yi people in the New Year. Those who are poor or have not killed pigs for other reasons use sheep for the New Year, and those who have no sheep use hens for the New Year. Big fat pig, castrated sheep and castrated chicken are the best in Chinese New Year, regardless of color. Generally, cows, goats and cocks are not used in the New Year. If goats are slaughtered, they should be postponed before or after the China New Year. During the three days of Chinese New Year, goats can't be slaughtered, and goat meat can't be used for ancestor worship. Only chickens, pigs and mutton can be used for ancestor worship. Few people kill sheep. Pigs and chickens are necessary for the Chinese New Year, so they must be prepared before the Chinese New Year. Secondly, we should prepare food and other utensils, such as flour, cigarettes, wine, firewood, fern grass, white grass, mats, chopping boards and so on. On the day before the New Year in China, Butuo Yi people called it "Aphrodite". On this day, we should clean the house, clean the dam and wash the dishes. Every household should push tofu pudding to eat. In the afternoon, when the cattle and sheep return to the circle, in the courtyard dam, the firewood usually prepared will be carried back and piled up according to certain rules. On the firewood pile, there will be fern grass for cooking pigs the next day, white grass for spirit, bamboo branches for lighting, chopping boards for cutting meat, contempt seats and so on. After dinner, at dusk, every family feeds the mill. The mill takes corn, buckwheat and oats as raw materials. And filled the grinding eyes with a kind of food. Grinding is not allowed during the Chinese New Year. Prepare enough flour before the Chinese New Year. After the Chinese New Year, choose an auspicious day to open your eyes. In Yi language, it is called "the curve can be broken". In some places, it is a fashion to worship trees tonight.

The practice of respecting trees is: two people bring meat and knives, choose a fruit tree, one climbs the tree and the other stands under it. People under the tree asked, "Will you bear fruit this year?" The man in the tree replied, "No result, no result." The man under the tree said, "If you don't tie a knot, I'll cut you off." So he raised his knife and cut several times at the tree. The man in the tree said, "I bear fruit, bear fruit." At this time, the man under the tree stopped his knife and said, "As a result, I won't cut you. As long as you bear fruit, I will give you a New Year call. " Wipe the meat you brought to the fruit tree, indicating that you want to pay New Year greetings to the fruit tree and feed the meat. Celebrate the Spring Festival

China New Year usually lasts for three days. On the first day of the New Year in China, the Yi language is called "Kush Amo". On this day, before dawn, everyone got up, and men cleaned the coffins of their ancestors, washed the tableware for ancestor worship and sharpened their knives at home. Women compete for water, thinking that the first spoonful of water in the early morning of the New Year is the most holy water. Whoever drinks the first spoonful of water first will be disaster-free and happy this year. So on this day, women all got up early and rushed to fetch water. After the above things are done, women make buckwheat cakes, men slaughter Chinese New Year chickens, and buckwheat noodles and Chinese New Year chickens used to make buckwheat cakes are not allowed to be made and slaughtered at will. Put a red-hot stone on the pot and pour it with Chinese New Year wine (this red-hot stone is called "Er Cha" in Yi language).

When the smoke comes out, turn the powder and chicken on the stone, and then wash the chicken feet and mouth to show decontamination. Then, women began to make buckwheat cakes, and men killed chickens. After the chicken is slaughtered, the chicken wings, chicken liver and coccyx are cooked.

To worship the souls of ancestors.