What are the traditional festivals of Yi people?

1, Torch Festival-Carnival of the Yi people: "Torch Festival" is a grand festival of the Yi people, which is usually held from June 24th to 26th in the lunar calendar. At that time, cattle and sheep were to be killed and ancestors were to be sacrificed. In some areas, landlords will also be sacrificed, and they will entertain each other, eat tuorou and wish a bumper harvest. Torch Festival is usually celebrated for three days. On the first day, the whole family got together, and then on the second day, there were colorful activities such as wrestling, horse racing, bullfighting, boat racing and tug-of-war, and then a grand bonfire party was held to party all night.

2. Yi Year

In the year of the Yi people, the Yi language is called "Kus", and "Ku" means Year, while "Si" means New Year, which means New Year. This is a traditional festival of sacrifice and celebration for Yi people in Liangshan. "Kus" is usually chosen in the lunar calendar 10, the harvest season of crops. The year of the Yi people is three days. The first night of the year is called "Jueluoji", the first day of the New Year is called "Kusi", the second day is called "Dobo" and the third day is called "Apu Machine".

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That is, the bow and dance festival is called "Cao Qi" in Yi language, which means "bow and dance" and "Confucius", which means "celebration, blessing and blessing". Bow jumping festival is the biggest festival of Yi people living in the border area of Guangxi and Yunnan in Napo County. Although the specific dates of festivals in different villages are different, they are generally held on the first day of April and mid-April of the lunar calendar every year.

The origin of the festival is said to be that an ancestor led the Yi people to be trapped by the enemy in the deep bamboo forest in the battle to defend the territory, and the situation was very critical. Later, they made bows and arrows out of bamboo, fought back and finally won. People warmly celebrate the triumphant return, and over time, it has become a custom festival.

4. Supplementary Festival

Yi people living in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou have an annual festival on the 10th and 11th day of the second lunar month after the New Year, which is called "Malong Fire" in Yi language. Among the sacrificial activities, the Dragon Boat Festival is the biggest. Dragon Boat Festival is held in February, March and April. Each village brings a bowl of rice and a small piece of salt, and the elderly prepare incense.

Collective sacrifice under the dragon tree; The Yi people in Yunnan choose the first Dragon Day of the first month to hold the Dragon Boat Festival. After the sacrifice, everyone sat on the floor, regardless of age, bringing their own food and eating meat. This is a large-scale rally.

5. Dress Festival

As the name implies, it is the competition of clothing. This is a festival that fully demonstrates the intelligence, diligence and competence of the Yi people. It is also a day to love beauty, beauty pageant and compare beauty. Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Yi people get together to celebrate the Clothing Festival. Sightseeing at the Yi costume festival is a kind of enjoyment.

The venue is colorful, and the eyes are full of colorful, colorful and colorful bright clothes, which will definitely dazzle you. Yi women are also good at embroidery, with lovely and naughty beautiful patterns not only on clothes, hats and waists, but also on satchels, shoes and insoles.