What are the origins and customs of Torch Festival?

The origin and customs of Torch Festival are:

First, the origin of the Torch Festival

Yi people have been circulating for a long time, and heaven and earth are interlinked. One year, the gods thought of ancient times and sent your Majesty Abi to collect taxes on earth. Due to crop failures caused by various disasters in the world, people can't afford to pay rent. A strongman who can eat copper and iron in the world, Rabbah, Russia, killed the tax collector Sylvia Abby. The gods were furious. The first flood tried to drown people on the ground, but the flood was defeated.

Later, the gods released all kinds of pests into the world to eat people's crops. Russian Rabbah and everyone gathered around the fireplace to discuss ways to control pests. Unexpectedly, a bug fell into the fireplace and was quickly burned to death. As a result, the Russian Laba organization set everyone on fire, finally defeated the pests and achieved a bumper harvest. Over time, the Yi Torch Festival was formed.

Second, the custom of Torch Festival

1, before the festival: every household prepares meals. During the period, all villages erected big torches made of dried pine nuts and pine nuts, and small torches were erected in front of each door, which were lit at night to make the villages brightly lit; At the same time, people carried small torches and marched in groups between the village edge and the ridge, inserting torches and pine nuts in the corners of the fields.

Torch Festival generally lasts for three days and three nights. The first day is "everywhere", which means welcoming the fire. On this day, all villages will slaughter cattle, sheep and pigs, greet Vulcan with wine and meat, and offer sacrifices to ancestors. Women will also make buckwheat buns and Ciba noodles, and outsiders will go home to have a reunion dinner, drink homemade wine around the fireplace, eat tuorou and share joy and happiness.

3. The second day of Torch Festival is "Du Ge", which means praising and praising fire, and it is the climax of Torch Festival. At dawn, men, women and children put on holiday costumes, bring cooked meat and buckwheat buns, and gather under the sacred fire of the altar to participate in various traditional festival activities.

On the third day of Torch Festival, Yi people call it "Doha" or "Tussaud", which means to send fire. The whole Yi Torch Festival ends here.