What ethnic groups live in Daliangshan, Sichuan?

Daliangshan, Sichuan is a inhabited area of Yi people.

Daliangshan Mountain is located in the south of Sichuan Province, in the northern section of Hengduan Mountains on the eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, starting from Dadu River in the north and bordering Jinsha River in the south. It is the largest Yi settlement in China. Liangshan Yi Year mainly passes through Butuo, Meigu, Zhaojue, Ganluo and Xide 17 counties, among which Zhaojue, Meigu, Butuo and Xide are representative and unique.

Yi people's etiquette and customs

Yi people's etiquette, customs and culture are rich and colorful. The birth of a baby is a happy event, and many ceremonies are held according to traditional customs. These ceremonies mainly include birth ceremony, leaving home ceremony, blessing ceremony and visiting ceremony. To celebrate.

When a girl comes of age, she must have a rite of passage. The dress-changing ceremony of Yi girls in adulthood is called "Salaho" in Yi language, which means to take off their childhood skirts and put on adult skirts, commonly known as "changing children's skirts", which is held when the girls are 13 or 15 or 17 years old. Before changing the skirt, the woman wore a single braid, pierced her ears and a red and white skirt with two black edges, one thick and one thin.

The specific time for changing skirts is controlled by the mother, so it is necessary to choose an auspicious day to hold it. On this day, the family is as happy as a holiday. The rich will kill pigs and sheep and entertain guests. The poor will at least kill chickens and buy wine to entertain their neighbors. Only women are invited to attend the dressing ceremony, and men are not allowed to attend. The host of the ceremony was an elderly woman in the village, who was considered disaster-free and prosperous. In Yi language, she is called "Yidumo".