What is the feast of Torch Festival?

Singing, dancing and torch are the three basic elements, which constitute the festival feast of Torch Festival.

There are many interesting activities in the Torch Festival, including bullfighting, sheep fighting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty contests and so on. Torch Festival is an ancient traditional festival of Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo, Lahu and other ethnic groups, which has profound folk culture connotation and is called "Carnival of the East".

The torch festival legends of various ethnic groups in Yunnan have their own characteristics. In fact, the legend of Torch Festival of Yi people is the sublation of the original cultural form by the new cultural form after the nomadism changed to farming. This legend retains the original information of the origin of the Torch Festival to the greatest extent, and is also the legend closest to the source of the Torch Festival. The proverbs of Naxi people about the legend of Torch Festival preserve important information about the origin of Torch Festival, which, together with the records in Yuxi Chronicle, Luquan County Chronicle and Yuxi City Chronicle, provide important clues for exploring the origin of Torch Festival.