Bi Mo Details

Bi Mo is the phonetic translation of the Yi language, "Bi" for the "chanting" meaning, "Mo" for the "knowledgeable elders ". Is a kind of priest specializing in salute, prayer, sacrifice. BiMo is a great and knowledgeable priest, whose main functions are to make Bi, perform rituals, practice medicine, divination and other activities; and whose cultural functions are to organize, standardize and teach the Yi script, and to write and copy the canonical books including religion, philosophy, ethics, history, astronomy, medicine, pesticides, crafts, rituals and customs, and texts. Bi Mo plays a major role in the Yi people's fertility, marriage and mourning, illness, festivals, hunting and sowing, etc. Bi Mo is in charge of both the divine power and culture, and guides both gods and ghosts as well as personnel. In the minds of the Yi people, Bi Mo is the intellectual of the whole Yi society, the defender and propagator of Yi culture.

Basic introduction Chinese name: Bi Mo Foreign name: Bimo Nationality: China Ethnicity: Yi Occupation: Rituals History, biography, legend, historical changes, social status, legal instruments, legal fans, legal bells, legal hats, sign tube, scriptures, other, other rituals, Bi Mo for Bi, procession around the altar shed, unloading the dysentery shrine ceremony, unloading the sins of the shrine rituals, rituals for the ancestor of the pig scapular divine seat ceremony, blessing the shrine, cultural value, social commentary, social criticism, social criticism, social criticism, social commentary. Cultural Values, Social Commentary, History According to the Yi literature "Leru Tei", the God of the heavens sent down the seeds of the fruit of the Spirit God fell in the lower world, after three years and nine generations, finally grew into a giant of cedar trees, but has always been like a man, not a man, like a tree, not a tree, not the originator of mankind. Until the age of Aju A Cong, the mountain gods learned that must be asked Bimo remove white, flowers, black three obscenities held after the sacrifice of pig scapula to become a human ancestor, so has sent porcupines, hares, pheasants and spiders as a messenger to go to the upper world to honor the amount of Bisu Bimo, after many requests, the amount of Bimo agreed to go down to the world as Bimo, the amount of Bimo in the back of the house in the bamboo grove to cut back to the three sacred bamboo poles, made into a sacred sign, the law hats, the law fan, sent to the amount of aziz three The grandchildren came to the earth with a scripture called "Smu Angam", and held a sacrifice to the cedar giants after they got rid of the three-color filth three times, so there were twelve branches of the Snow Tribe in the earth, and one of them became the ancestor of mankind. Bi Mo, as the priest of the Yi people, not only presided over the sacrifices for the people, compiled the canonical books and healed the diseases, but also served as the family teacher of the Black Yi slave owners (before the democratic reform in 1956), and was the most respected person in the five grades of the slave society of the Yi people. The Yi are a people of many kinds of worship, summarized in three major categories: ancestral spirit worship, nature worship, and family god worship. In the long-term production and life of the Yi people, three views have been formed, namely, the view of the three worlds (heaven, earth and underground), the view of the spirit of all things, and the view of the male and female of all things. The deep-rooted understanding and concepts of the Yi people constitute the profound core culture of the Yi people - the Bimo culture. In Meigu, in the heart of the Daliang Mountains, the ceremony of Bi Mo and its myths and legends are still widely spread among the Yi people. Meigu County in Sichuan Province is the famous "township of Bimo", where there are 7 Bimo sects and more than 200 kinds of religious ceremonies. In this piece of land where the Yi people account for 98% of the population, nearly 8,000 Bimo are still active in the Daliang Mountains, although the Bimo art is well preserved here, but changes are inevitable. BiMo BiMo Performances Stunts BiMo, a priest passed down from generation to generation within the family Legends Anecdotes When the flood was in full bloom, the gods of the heavens sent three BiMos with Yi scriptures to save the people; each of the three BiMos rode a yellow ox, hung the scriptures on the horns of the ox, and, when they crossed the oceanic waters, they The scriptures were soaked. After Bi Mo descended to the mortal world, he put the scriptures on the green tree branches in the sun, the flying eagle scratched some pages, stuck on the green tree branches and tore some pages, so the Yi scriptures were incomplete. When Bi Mo recited the scriptures, he used cow horns, eagle claws and bamboo sticks as magic weapons, and inserted green branches on the altar to make up for the lack of scriptures." Historical Changes In order to commemorate the achievements of Ebi Zusun in the heavenly realm for generations, to this day, when Yi Bi Mo holds the Invocation Ceremony, he still inserts three wooden sticks with their tops sharpened into a beveled shape to represent Ebi Zusun's divine position in the divine seat. Passing down from the cedar giants to the age of Aniu Jurih, mankind entered a matriarchal clan society. According to "Zan Bi Zu Jing" records, first by the Shi Zi Shi De do Bi Mo, and then passed on Shi A Niuni tribe, Niuni passed on Shi color, Shi color passed on Ge Oh, Ge Oh passed on Mo Mi, Mo Mi tribe as Bi ten generations after the human race began to enter the patrilineal clan society. According to "Leru Tei", "Sacrificial Cause Scripture" and "Yi Genealogy", the Yi ancestors formally sacrificed their ancestors to send the spirit of the ritual activities of the time about a year ago. When mankind entered the patriarchal clan society, Shi'er Ote was an epoch-making figure in the history of the Yi who reformed the matriarchal clan system. From Shi'er Ote, human beings extracted the content of Bi Mo Zuobi's refinement, removed the falsehoods and kept the truth, and began to organize and boldly invented the program and content of Bi Mo Zuobi's rituals as well as the legal tools. By now, the rituals were very effective in sacrificing ancestors and spirits, driving away ghosts and curing diseases, and praying for blessings and sacrifices. From the "Yi Genealogy", it is projected that there are more than 170 generations since the Shi'er Ou Te Shi, averaging 25 years per generation, which is about 4,200 years ago. That is to say, the Yi religion was basically formed more than 4,200 years ago. Later, Shi Er Ote passed to Ville Chubu, Chubu Shi passed to Puhu Shi, Puhu Shi passed to Asu Lupu Shi, from Asu Lupu Shi passed to Asu Lazh (about in the Southern Song Dynasty during the year of Chunxi in A.D.), Asu Lazh is a famous generation of Bi Mo masters of the Yi Religion. Asurazhe's achievement was to organize, standardize, and fabricate the original Yi script classics. Social Status Bi Mo has a high and sacred status in Yi society. In the Yi society, "Zi (Toji)", "Mo (Judge)", "Bi (Bi Mo)", "Ge (Craftsman) The status of BiMo was in the third place among the five grades of "Zi (Tusi)", "Mo (Judge)", "Bi (BiMo)", "Ge (Craftsman)" and "Zhuo (People)". Bi Mo is a great intellectual who inherits the Yi culture and spreads the unified Yi script. In the Yi Yan language, "Zi come Bi not to be able to afford, Bi up Zi unlucky", which fully explains that in the Yi society, the status of Bi Mo is supreme, and no one can infringe on Bi Mo's belongings and person.　In the Yi society, Bi Mo plays an important role in religious beliefs, history, education, science and technology, life, law, marriage, etiquette, art, medicine, exploration, funeral, art, prediction of the future and so on. Of course, there is also a hierarchy among the BiMo, which is mainly determined by the BiMo's experience and ability to perform the ritual (the size of the ceremony), not necessarily according to the age to measure the prestige of a BiMo, such as young BiMo also have the ability to participate in large-scale BiMo ceremonies, they can be called a big BiMo. What kind of ceremony is to be held and what kind of Bi Mo is to be invited to perform the ceremony is determined by divination. The size of the so-called ceremony is determined by the size of the expenses used, such as large-scale Zuobi to send ancestral spirits (Nimu handful of Bi) and so on is a large-scale Zuobi ceremony, such as three times a year with a sheep, piglets, chickens and so on can only be regarded as small and medium-sized ceremonies. Faqi Faqi Faqi is the means and basis for Bi Mo to engage in ceremonial activities, and it is the tool with special divine power by which Bi Mo can reach the gods, subdue demons and remove devils, avoid calamities and pray for blessings and good fortune. In the Liangshan area, the common magic tools used by Bi Mo mainly include fan, hats, bells, sign tubes and scriptures, with the use of net, eagle claws, pig tusk collars, tiger teeth, etc., and the temporary production of magic tools such as rattlesnake and water drums, etc. In general, the production of magic tools is very simple. Bi Mo method of production are generally chosen in the leopard star fourteen "Luck" day production. Bi Mo in doing the ceremony, from time to time recited: "as a group of me, walked through the Berlin Mountain, back to the cypress sign cylinder, walked through the cherry forest valley, bring cherry fan, walked through the forest mountain, wearing the law hats, walked through the bamboo valley, rubbing to the bamboo god sign, walked through the valley of a hundred trees, the tree stick kong also to be divided, the five stick kong also to be divided, take the silver hit the silver drums, take the gold to hit the gold drums, the Han District Luo Valley to get the book of white paper, the street below to get the black ink! The mediocre should not block the road, and the foolish should not act in a reasonable manner. The yellow pig's blade can be divined, the chicken's femur bone can be inserted, the grass can be taken to cushion the god's branch, the blood can be taken to sacrifice to the god's seat, the mouth can also recite the incantation, the hand can also be folded, the silver flute can be taken to play, the gold strings can be taken to play, the seeds can be connected to all kinds of things and also passed on, the root of the root can also be cut off, the enemy can also be dispersed, and the disease can be cured. Cure the disease in the world, into the ancestral realm, the world to prosper, the divine bell is also dexterous, the net pocket is also smooth, the old Bi also get to see, the new Bi also get to hear, Bi Mo as a teacher of the law here, the strategist judge the case of the source of the law", or praised: "the law of the hat black pressure, the law of the fan wobbling, the sign tube such as forests, the divine bells such as the thunderbolt". The Bi Mo law tool for the deification of the description. Legend has it that in the primitive matriarchal clan period, the BiMo not set gold and silver drums, do not wear cedar sign tube, do not hold the cherry God fan, do not wear God hats, do not shake the God bells, do not read the God pass the scriptures, and thus drive the ghost ghosts do not go,遣敌敌not even to pray for the blessing Fu Fu to cure the disease does not heal until the era of Ville Qiong Qiong Department, Qiong Department only used all kinds of law, BiMo's legal power is then greatly increased to get rid of the disease to drive away the ghosts of the souls of the Nafu can do anything to. Bi Mo used a variety of legal tools, in a variety of rituals have their own special functions and uses. Law fan The Yi language called "Chek", according to legend for the Ville Qiong Department began to use, generally used to send the spirit of super or pig scapula divination as well as the production of spirit cards and other ceremonies, used to sprinkle on behalf of the gold and silver wood shavings, buckwheat flowers, rice and other offerings to the mother or father of the ghosts of the food, or for incitement of ghosts, or used to sprinkle on behalf of the mother and father of the grain left behind by the food powder blessing future generations. Fan has bamboo fan and copper fan two kinds of fan. Gomer method fan into a fan-shaped middle with a wooden handle through the inlays and become, the preparation, the first scorn weave a disk, and weave a square grid for the eye, the eye has a nine-eyed and seven-eyed points, and then made of cherry wood into a snake fish-tailed (said the dragon) of the wooden handle inserted into the disk and become, the handle end of the decorative two wooden bird (meaning the legendary bird of God A Puyi Qu bird) coiled back handle body carved with the protection of the Bi Divine Eagle, the protection of the Bi Divine Tiger and the swallowing of the evil jackal (the Shamar Qube Zongbi Bimo's method of the fan) (The eagle, tiger and frog carved on the handle are thought to represent the god of wisdom or medicine). The handle is engraved with the four directions of heaven and earth and the four pillars of the sky in the southeast, northwest and north, and the craftsmen or Bhima themselves are invited to make them on a certain day. Different fans are used for different ceremonial occasions. The nine-eyed fan is used for overcoming evil spirits, the seven-eyed fan is used for overcoming auspicious spirits, and the copper fan is used for overcoming leprosy spirits and leprosy-related ceremonial activities. Falun Gong In Yi language, it is called "Biju", which is a kind of instrument used by Bi Mo to shake and make sound in order to communicate with spirits, subdue demons and suppress monsters during ceremonies. About the origin of the bell, Bi Mo has a very beautiful legend: in the ancient times before the flood of Ville Qiong Department of the era, due to the Yi people's ancestor Ville Qiong Department, "do not hit the black horse carcasses, do not capture the black cattle to kill, do not cushion the black horse skin, do not eat black beef, do not suck the black horse soup, do not drink the blood of black cows". And he also "brought the white rooster, caught the white geese, standing in the Tanglang Mountain, the daytime day out to sacrifice the day, the daytime sunrise brilliant, the dark night moon now to sacrifice the moon, the dark night moon now bright. So in the earth above (the legendary Haotian), grew three huge cypress trees, three cypress trees, hanging above the three clusters of red bells, three clusters of red bells above the three clusters of red bells, knotted with four horseshoe bells. To a generation of Bimo master Qiong Department Aru era, Qiong Department Aru with a white rooster to sacrifice to the heavens, praying to the heavens to give the law bells, red spikes gray bells fell down, first fell into the source of daylight, and then after the moonlight layer, Cangtian layer, the layer of the sky, the layer of the sky, the layer of yellow clouds, the layer of black clouds, the layer of white clouds, the layer of clouds, thick cloud layer and the layer of gale force winds, the four bells of the law in addition to a fall into the Erbini Nini become Suni (witch) source of the flow of the bells, the rest of the three All of them fell to the Tanglang Mountain. Qiong Department Aru with a variety of sacrificial offerings for three days and three nights, rising black fog yellow fog white fog three groups, around the peak of the Tanglang Mountain, the law bells began to fall with the clouds, the first fell to the Tanglang mountainside, but also fell to the Tanglang foot of the mountain, and fell into the En'erdizhi place, En'erdizhi relocation, fell into the Jingcong Mountain, Jingcong Mountain, relocation, fell into the Berlin Ridge, Berlin Ridge relocation, fell into the Atsedir, and ultimately, for the Ou Aru, Ou Aru given to the Qiongbu Aru, Qiongbu Aru to the color Wu Aru, color Wu Aru "early morning to take the white rooster sacrifice, the afternoon to take the white castrated sheep sacrifice, dusk to take the pure white castrated cattle sacrifice," and then returned to the Qiongbu Aru, Qiongbu Aru "left hand to pick the gray bell, the right hand to receive the red bell, the bell is also to see the Bi-Huan, see the Bi-JingDang ringing, Bi-Yi see the bell joy, see *** ghost," he also "hanging bell on the shoulder, to reach the wave fire fire historical land, early in the morning to take the white rooster sacrifice, deep valley Masaan inserted seat of the gods, pick up the stone for the hot net, in addition to the lees and get rid of meal, the morning to take the yellow boar sacrifice, feast Bi Zu Shen, at noon to take the white goat sacrifice, the sacrifice of all the way to the gods, in the afternoon to take the white sheep sacrifice, the sacrifice of the gods of the law bells, and in the afternoon to take the white sheep sacrifice, the sacrifice of the gods of the law bells. At dusk, the white castrated bull is sacrificed to the gods, and the sacrifices are made to the gods of the roads, and in the afternoon, the white sheep is sacrificed to the gods of the gods, and the sacrifices are made to the gods of the gods. These law bells after Adulp, Ua Aru hands, and later passed to the hands of the Aso LaZe, LaZe stone color father and daughter tour Bi through the Siyi Luo Ge, was Aziz Enmo family weaving piles blocked, had to be the nerve of the five (Bimo use of the law of the fan, the law of the bell, the law of the hats, the sign tube and the scripture) from the loom above the past thrown. When the five nerves were found in Muzhiqian Drag, the sacred bells had already drifted away, and from then on the magic bells with the power of the gods were lost and had to be recast to replace them. Can see the Bi Mo law bell, generally made of copper, was horn-shaped, the top has a hole through the leather rope. Bi Mo scripture: "the world hit the leather drum, the ghost world if the thunder, the world played the bell, the ghost world ringing." Visible law bells are used to transmit the information between the gods, ghosts, and people and help BiMo magic power tool when BiMo in the exorcism and other rituals. The bells are made by craftsmen, commonly made of copper and tin, with red bells and yellow bells. Law Hat In Yi language, it is called "Le Wei", it is the umbrella of Bi Mo and the thing to avoid evil spirits, generally made of scotch, in the shape of a big bucket hat, and some of them are made of black felt or pure oyster wool to be put on the hat, which is called "Bir Laliu", meaning "Tiger's Eye Hat". Some of the hats are made of black felt or pure peony wool, which is called "Bil Laliao", meaning "tiger's eye hat", and every time the spirit is sent to the ceremony, a layer of wool felt will be added to it, and the higher the number of layers is, which indicates that the magic of Bi Mo is high and the number of people invited is high, and that is why it is said to be "Divine Hat Bi Shuo Shuo" in Yi language. It is rumored that the ancient law hats were red and octagonal in shape. Sign tube Yi called "U spit", is one of the common magic tools, is said to have the function of subduing demons, wooden, hollow, length varies, according to the physical appearance of the body of the day to choose a day to make, divided into male, female, son of three kinds of, the tip of the open mouth into a pike cone for the male, the open mouth was half-ellipsoid for the female, and the size of the open mouth and the mouth shape of the holders of the open mouth of the BiMo the same size, if the open mouth is too large, the sign tube is too large. If the signet tube open mouth is too large, more than the mouth of the Bima, will be the main, not conducive to the Bima, if the open mouth is too small, it is not enough mana. The signet tube is synthesized by two sections, the front section is called the cypress tree, which is made from the cypress tree deep in the famous mountains, and the back section is called the cherry tree, which is made from the cherry tree deep in the famous mountains, where the hounds are not as good as the hounds. The length of the signet tube matches the length of the front elbow (including the five fingers) of the Bi Mo, if it is too long, it cannot be grasped, and it is easy for mistakes to be made, or it is unfavorable to oneself if it is too short, then it is not enough magic power. Signature tube containing Bi Mo divination with the sign, the Yi language called "Luowu", there are eighteen or eleven two kinds. The signatures are made of bamboo, divided into two kinds of yin and yang, cut into forked shape for the yin sign, cut into one side of the pointed shape for the yang sign, used for divination, the signatures on both ends of the cylinder is tied to the leather rope or copper chain made on the strap, the BiMo travel or hold ceremonies diagonally across the back. Scripture is an important basis for the rituals of Bi Mo, and the program or content of the chanting of the scripture guides or stipulates the unfolding and extension of the ritual activities, which are carried out in the chanting of the scripture. There are many kinds of scriptures, which are roughly categorized into three major categories, namely, "Li numbers", "incantations" and "calendars and divinations", with a number of subcategories and subclasses underneath. Other BiMo law tools and BiMo with the law net, body protection, eagle claws, tiger tusks, boar tusks elephant circle and make the ceremony according to the need for temporary production of sound bamboo, water drums and so on. The net: the Yi language called "Hai can", is used to load the scriptures, law and other items of the net pocket, generally prepared by the BiMo themselves, braided with two twine a clockwise one anti-clockwise interlocking braided. Eagle's claw, called "vulture West" in Yi language, is the protector of Bi Mo, but also a symbol of Bi Mo's divine power, with the eagle's claws air-dried and curved, usually tied to the law bell. Other Ceremonies Bi Mo Zuobi In Liangshan, every Yi family has to hold more than three small and medium-sized Zuobi ceremonies every year. When Bi Mo goes out to perform the ceremony, he puts on his magic clothes and hat, and holds a magic fan or a magic bell, making him look taller and more powerful than usual. (See the picture: Bi Mo's Rituals) Bi Mo's rapping during the rituals is a kind of art genre combining the unique literature and music of the Yi folk, which is simple, innocent, fearful, high-pitched or low-pitched, etc., and makes people listen to it and feel special and mysterious. There are many kinds of Yi Bi Mo's Bi Ceremony, small Bi Ceremony only takes a few hours, medium and large ones take a few days and nights, and large ones can last up to nine days and nine nights. Due to space constraints, the following is a brief introduction to five large-scale Zuobi ceremonies. This large-scale Zubi ceremony basically includes large, medium, and small-scale Zubi ceremonies. Through the introduction, readers can probably understand part of the content of the Yi Bi Mo Zuobi Ceremony. Below, let's walk into the mysterious and wonderful large-scale Zuobi Ceremony of the Yi folk--Linmu Zhabi site, and enjoy the mystery of the Yi Bi Mo culture. The procession around the sacrificial shed The procession around the sacrificial shed, known as the "red jiong" in Yi language, is a place for the Yi folk to offer their ancestors and mothers to feast on their dead souls and for the Bi Mo to preside over the sacrificial ritual activities. The ceremony of feasting on the dead souls of ancestors and mothers is destroyed at the end of the ceremony. The main purpose of the activities held, one is to console the ancestors of the deceased, do not have to worry about their children and grandchildren; the second is to pray to the ancestors of the deceased, I hope that the children and grandchildren of the prosperous development, a bumper crop; three is the main and auxiliary sacrifices of the two sides of the number of men, livestock as an opportunity to show off the strength of the auxiliary sacrifices to the side of the sprinkling of the amount of broken silver for the glory. Parade to the first side of the main sacrifice after the side of the secondary sacrifice, first after the order of the young were held. All the strong men who participate in the procession are dressed as ancient warriors, carrying bows and arrows, swords, knives and spears, and the leader of the procession holds a paper streamer belonging to the household and drives the sacrificial animals around the hut. The main party drives a sacrificial goat and carries a blessed pig, fires a gun and makes three rounds in a counterclockwise direction, then puts the blessed pig back on the mat, hands over the sacrificial animal to the administrator, and puts the paper streamers of each household on the animal mat of the sacrificial barn and leaves the site for the time being. On the auxiliary side, the head of the household leads the male members of the household, and the leader, holding a paper streamer belonging to the household, drives the sacrificial animal around the shed three times in a clockwise direction while firing a gun. After reporting the name of the family name continuously during the procession, the animals are handed over to the manager, and the paper streamers are inserted in the pen at the back of the last household of the main festival party to exit the field. When the main and auxiliary priests have completed the procession, the heavily armed male young adults of the main priests lead the Ancestor Sacrifice Bimo procession in a counterclockwise direction around the sacrificial shed in a slow, three-circle tour. The two senior Bimo wear hats and fans and recite the "Sutra of Entering the Shed". The procession around the shed is completed when all the Bima enter the shed and take their seats inside the shed. The warriors of the officiating party unload their weapons and equipment and hang them on the left side of the sacrificial shed, and leave the site after making offerings to the spirits of their ancestors and parents. At the end of the procession, the twelve pine poles used for the hut are sent to the east and placed against a fruit tree, and the hut-around ceremony is completed by putting away the gabi curtains, mats, and other paraphernalia. Dysentery shrine ceremony Dysentery shrine is called "Kemo" in Yi language, it is one of the large shrines in Yi religious ceremonies with grand scenes, rich contents, complicated names of gods and complex structures, including many astronomical and geographical knowledge. In the specific application, the deity can be added or subtracted according to the content of the ceremony. The Dysentery Throne is mainly used for curses. Such as: cursing enemies, return to the curse, inviting the gods and goddesses to descend on the enemy's jurisdiction, in addition to the black pollution, unloading dysentery burial dysentery, expulsion of evil spirits and other large-scale activities. The purpose of the ceremony is to communicate with all kinds of deities in heaven and earth through Bi Mo and to invite them to assist Bi Mo in casting spells in order to receive the desired effect. A brief description of the gods and goddesses planted in the ceremony is as follows. The structure of the shrine is divided into a heavenly part and an earthly part. During the ceremony, a large area of the ground is planted with a recruitment shrine, and the big and small Bima are divided into reciting the "Invitation of Nerve" and the related scriptures. Sin-removing Ceremony The Sin-removing Ceremony is called "Jirgu" in Yi language, which is a kind of Ceremony inserted in the ritual activities of removing entanglements and sins, and the Sin-removing Ceremony is divided into the rituals of "Removing Ancestral Sins", "Removing Consumptive Sins" and "Removing Sins". There are three types of rituals: "removing ancestral sins", "removing consumptive sins" and "removing evil sins". The purpose of the ceremony is to remove the debts and sins of the deceased and their descendants, so that the deceased can return to the ancestral world with ease, and the descendants can live in peace and work in contentment. The original reason for the ceremony is (to remove the sins of the ancestors, for example): the ancestors of the deceased souls of the deceased were once powerful people, warriors, hunters, priests, craftsmen, and other social figures with a good reputation when they were alive, and during their lifetime, they caused various kinds of mistakes, whether intentionally or unintentionally, due to their own or external reasons, which caused harm to themselves and their children and grandchildren, and they were also affected by the fact that they were influential social activists. In addition, because they are influential social activists, they are subject to people's comments, praise and criticism, and curses, and these social opinions will, over time, become sins that will plague future generations. For this reason, the ceremony is held whenever the host family requests it. In the event, there are actions such as picking sins and throwing spears to stab sins. Ceremony of sacrificing ancestors pig blade divination god seat Ceremony of sacrificing ancestors pig blade divination god seat in Yi language called "Rimu Nuopi", pig blade divination ceremony is the highest level of activities in the Yi religious ceremonies. It can be divided into "Ancestor Sacrifice" and "Unloading Consumption". The first one is held in the ceremony of sending spirits to ancestors; the latter one is held as a special ceremony when unloading chronic diseases such as monkey plague and consumption. The purpose of the ceremony is to remove the disease for the spirits of ancestors and mothers who died because of vicious events or chronic diseases, and for the descendants who suffer from such diseases and events, so that the spirits of ancestors and mothers can easily return to their ancestors and go away, so that the descendants can get rid of the disease and lead a happy life.　The ceremony is preceded by the Pig Divination Ceremony. Pig divination ceremony and pray for blessings on the ceremony required livestock and utensils, as well as Bimo, masters, helpers have to be this ceremony to get rid of the filth before participating in the latter two ceremonies. Pig blade divination ceremony content is huge, complex program, need to recite the scriptures and recite and oral scriptures a lot, because the ceremony is very difficult, so the old BiMo superb spells to preside over this ceremony, when the ceremony comes to an end when the inspection to see the drawn pig scapula to determine the good or bad luck. Bi Mo holding the pig scapula bone joints to the bone protrusion as the dividing line, the left side of the main party to determine the good or bad, the right side of the side of the auxiliary offerings to determine the good or bad. Prayer for God seat Prayer for God seat ceremony in Yi language called "Gan Gu", is the highest level of religious ceremonial activities in the Yi people, the content of a huge, complex program, the God branch covers an area of more than one acre, but also the use of the classics and oral scriptures of the most ceremonial activities. It can be categorized into three kinds of rituals: "Ancestor Sacrifice and Prayer for Blessing", "Unloading Consumption and Prayer for Blessing" and "Unloading Murder and Prayer for Blessing". The first in the holding of the ancestor to send the spirit of the ceremony to wear *** line, the second in the special unloading of consumption ceremony is about to be held at the end of the third in the special expulsion of evil spirits ceremony is about to be held at the end of the ceremony. The purpose of the ceremony is to send the invisible spirits of the ancestors and mothers to the Ancestral Divine Realm, the sky above the birthplace of the distant ancestors, and to send the visible spirits of the ancestors and mothers into the Jingdong. Through the communication between Bi Mo and the ancestral spirits and the gods of heaven and earth, we pray to the clean and undefiled ancestral spirits and the gods of fertility and reproduction, good fortune and longevity, human and animal prosperity, and the gods of the five grains, etc., to reward future generations with a happy and peaceful, prosperous life. The shrine site is divided into three main areas, namely the heavenly realm, the mountainous area and the plains, and there are forty-eight places to pray for blessings. At the beginning of the ceremony, the master holding the ancestral spirit tube will lead all the male members of the officiating party to go back and forth between the shrines along the sacred path under the guidance of Bhima, and the helpers will hold the horses and follow the sacrificial procession to trample and destroy the sacred branches and abandon them in the same place. Cultural Value --BiMo culture declared world cultural heritage There are Yi people have BiMo, and there are BiMo's activities in places where Yi people live. Meigu as China's typical Yi settlement county, is a generation of Bimo master A Su La Zai's hometown, there is a "Sono Bi source" (i.e., Bi source in Meigu County Huangmao ridge) of the name of the country's Yi Bimo culture is the most intense area, Yi cultural treasure bowl and famous at home and abroad. The culture of Bi Mo is regarded by experts and scholars as "a bright pearl embedded in the culture of the Yi people", and is always present in the production and life of the Yi people. Meigu is the place with the largest number of Yi Bimo (according to incomplete statistics, there are more than 8,600 Bimo in the county's population of 180,000), the richest content of canonical books and the most complete collection of scriptures. In 1996, Meigu set up the first Yi culture research center, has successfully held three Yi culture symposium. 2003 Meigu successfully held the first China Yi culture festival, during the period, domestic and foreign famous Yi experts and scholars suggested starting the Yi culture declaration of the world cultural heritage. 2004, March 24, Meigu County, Liangshan Prefecture Committee, the State *** On March 24, 2004, Meigu County submitted a request to the Liangshan Prefecture Committee and Prefecture **** on the establishment of the "Yi Bi Mo Culture Declaration of World Cultural Heritage Working Committee"; in April, the groundbreaking of the China Yi Bi Mo Cultural Expo Park was held in Meigu County, which laid a good foundation for the transformation of the cultural resources into cultural capital; on July 12, Liangshan Prefecture formally set up the "Liangshan Prefecture In August, the Cultural Bureau of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture awarded the "township of Bimo culture"; since September, 20 highly respected Bimo from Meigu, Leibo, Yanyuan, the State Language Commission, and the State Civil Research Institute of Liangshan Prefecture have started to translate, collate, and revise the classic Bimo literature for the "inscription" of Bimo culture; the "Bimo Culture Expo Park" was built in Meigu County, Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture. For "heritage" at the same time, Liangshan Prefecture Bureau of Culture actively communicate with the Department of Culture, China Academy of Art, contact, and strive to seek care, support and help and hire well-known experts and scholars to guide the work of our country. 2003, in the Archives Bureau of Sichuan Province, and Liangshan Prefecture ***, Meigu County *** with strong support, the State Language Bureau, the State Language Committee, the State Min Research Institute. Liangshan Prefecture Archives Bureau, State Language Commission, Meigu County Archives Bureau (Museum), China Yi Bi Mo Cultural Research Center, after years of efforts, by the Meigu County Archives, China Yi Bi Mo Cultural Research Center in the required time to "Liangshan Bi Mo Documentation" to the Chinese Archives Documentary Heritage Project of the National Advisory Committee to declare. On March 11, 2010, the National Archives Administration authoritatively announced the third batch of national archival documentary heritage list, which included 30 precious archives such as the Bi Mo Document in the national list. The religious nature of the Bimo culture is unavoidable, and it is precisely the particularity of the Yi concepts and beliefs that constitute the uniqueness and conservation value of this culture. Protecting and respecting the religious culture of each ethnic group is one of the clear objectives of UNESCO, and it is also a right given to citizens by the national constitution, and a considerable part of the world cultural heritage already on the list is related to religion. Of course, Yi Bimo culture can be used as a breakthrough in the declaration of oral intangible culture of ethnic minorities as a world cultural heritage, and has the significance of filling the gap. It is also a topic of exploration and guidance in the national action for the protection of traditional folk culture, which not only has great practical significance, but also has extremely important theoretical value. BiMo culture is a special religious culture created and inherited by BiMo and Yi people*** with scriptures and rituals as carriers, beliefs in gods and ghosts and sorcery rituals as the core, recitation of scriptures or oral recitation as the means, and sacrifices as the medium, and involving and embracing the social history, philosophical thinking, ethics, literature and art, astronomy and geography, medicine and health of the Yi people, and is the cornerstone and core of Yi culture. As the cornerstone and core of the Yi culture, the content of BiMo culture is profound and all-encompassing, involving all aspects of the Yi culture and exerting a wide and far-reaching influence on the production and life of the Yi people, as well as stipulating the psychological flow and value orientation of the Yi people. As a professional religious priest, Bi Mo, with the responsibility of "developing sacrifices, making words, establishing rules and regulations, setting up laws and regulations, opening up culture, and preparing rituals", has continuously inherited the language and words of the Yi people, standardized the ethics of the Yi society, and promoted the culture of the Yi people throughout the long history, and has played an irreplaceable role in the production and life of the Yi people as a kind of cultural master. As a cultural master, Bi Mo has played an irreplaceable role in the production and life of the Yi people.