What is the origin of the Yi Torch Festival?

Torch Festival is called the capital in Liangshan Yi language, which means offering sacrifices to fire. Fire worship, which originated from the ethnic minorities in southwest China, reflects the folk psychology and belief concept of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil.

When the lifestyle changes from nomadic to farming, people think that fire can fumigate fields, eliminate pests and disasters, kill insects and protect seedlings, and has the function of praying for a bumper harvest and attracting light to welcome Fu Rui, so they regard fire as a supernatural primitive worship with mysterious factors, and gradually form the Torch Festival with fire as the core.

Torch Festival generally lasts for three days and nights and is divided into three stages: offering fire, spreading fire and delivering fire. On the first day, people sacrificed fire, how to kill cows and prepare wine to worship their ancestors. At night, the flame was lit on the chicken leg, which was burned by Bi Mouyong, and the fire spread the next day. People gathered under the flame of the altar and held various festivals. Hmm? Right? Sleep, sing and dance. Delivery on the third day. When night falls, people run around holding torches and gather them together to form huge bonfires. People sang and danced around the bonfire.

"Torch Festival" Custom in Shuanghe Yi Nationality Township

? Yi people are a nation that can't live without fire. Fire culture is an important part of Yi culture, and Torch Festival is the most solemn and joyful festival for Yi people every year. There are many legends in my shop. Different camps. The content is different, according to legend, in a summer long, long ago. A serious insect disaster occurred in the south bank of Dianchi Lake, which destroyed the rice fields in the field. 12 has been eaten up, and the farmers are in a hurry. People put forward ideas and tried to kill pests, but there was never a good way to kill all pests. On the night of June 24th that year, a Yi woman held it. Pine branches, torches, rice fields, hand-held tools, viewing. Insects, unexpectedly found hundreds of pests are coming at him. Your torch came at you, and the pests were burned to death after hitting it. He told the villagers about this amazing discovery, and everyone followed suit and raised a clown to tease their fields to eliminate pests. Countless torches make up endless fire dragons, that's all. In a few days, all the black worms were wiped out. Since then, the villagers have held a market every year on the evening of June 24 of the lunar calendar. Later, this opportunity became a unique torch festival. How about fish villagers killing chickens on Torch Festival? Peng. And every family. There are several tables, where guests and old people drink white wine for their own fireplaces. ? The butterflies of men and women caught fire and gathered together. I hope fishermen can sing folk songs and exchange feelings. The torch, like the dragon of the Yangtze River, flows among the sweetest fields in Shan Ye, which is very spectacular. Expressed the Yi people's prayers and yearning for a better life.