Traditional festivals and customs of Yi people

Torch Festival-Yi Carnival: Torch Festival is usually held from 24th to 26th of the lunar calendar. This is a grand festival for the Yi people. At that time, cattle and sheep were to be killed and ancestors sacrificed. In some places, landlords will also be sacrificed. They will feast on each other, eat meat and hope to harvest food.

Torch Festival usually lasts for three days. On the first day, the whole family got together, and two days later, various activities were held, such as wrestling, horse racing, bullfighting, competitions and tug-of-war. Then hold a big bonfire party and party at night.

2. Yi Year

In the Yi people, this proverb is called "Kusi", where "Ku" is a year and "si" is new, meaning a new year. This is a traditional ceremony and celebration festival of Liangshan Yi people. "Kus" is usually chosen in 10 month of the lunar calendar, which is the harvest season of crops. The year of the Yi people is three days.

The first night of the Yi people is called "Qiaoluoji", the first day of the Spring Festival is called "Kusi", the second day is called "Dobo" and the third day is called "Apu Machine".

3. Flower Face Festival

Flower Face Festival is popular in Qiubei County. It is held every year on the eighth day of the second lunar month for three days. Every festival, young men and women in every Yi village get together to kill pigs and chickens, prepare wine and meat rice, respect the gods first, then invite the elderly to eat the best wine and meat first, and then everyone sits around and toasts each other to eat meat. After dinner, go to the village head and tail, and wipe each other's faces with ink and pot ash until they are covered in black and too tired to laugh. This is why the Flower Face Festival is named.

Except for young men and women, the others also wipe each other's asses according to age and seniority. They think that the darker it is, the more people will wipe it. In that year, the weather was good, people and animals were safe, and crops were bumper. During the festival, villagers are not allowed to work, spring ploughing or threshing.

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 feast for the eyes.

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.