When is the year of Yi nationality?

The Year of the Yi Nationality is held on the auspicious day around165438+1October 20th every year. 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. 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.

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 ancestors home for the New Year began. This ceremony is called "Jiulong Festival". Due to the differences in transliteration and writing, some of them are written as "Jue Longji", "Jiong Loki" and "Jue Loki", while others are translated as "New Year's Festival" or "Welcome to the Ancestors". As an ancestor welcoming ceremony held the day before the official Lunar New Year, the "Kowloon Festival" is hosted by male parents and attended by all family members, usually at night. Its core content is to welcome ancestors to reunite with their descendants, express filial piety, and pray for ancestors to bless a happy and peaceful Yi New Year festival.

Yi people believe in animism, and every family worships the ancestral spirit tablet "Madu". At that time, every household will dust off their filth, put on new clothes and gather in front of the fireplace. The host will recite the sacrifice to Madu with chicken, pork and wine in his hand, and then give the sacrifice to his ancestors. The contents of the sacrifice vary from place to place and from home, including killing pigs, chickens, tofu and bacon.

Yi people believe that generations of craftsmen, heroes and bimo will turn them into protectors and bless people. If these gods are unhappy, they will also embarrass their families. Therefore, during the Chinese New Year, their used items should be put back to their original places in time, put in the sacrificial places at home, and share the festival.