Yi and Hani people write 500 words on Torch Festival. (b\ Don't be the same as online! If you are good, I will get extra points!

Legend has it that a long time ago, the gods in the sky were jealous of the happy life on earth and scattered countless locusts on the ground. They gnawed at the crops. However, under the leadership of the brave Yi people Attila Bahe, they came up with a way to kill locusts with fire. People light torches and go to the fields day and night to catch and burn pests. After several days of hard work, people finally wiped out "Scorpio". In order to commemorate the victory of destroying Scorpio with torches and celebrate the bumper harvest, people light torches and hold various commemorative activities on June 24 of the lunar calendar every year.

Torch Festival has three days. Day 1: Sacrificing fire. On this day, all villages will slaughter cattle and sheep, share them collectively, and prepare wine and meat to worship their ancestors. Whenever night falls, people near the village will set up an altar at the location selected by the old people, tap stones to light the flame in the traditional way, and Bimo will recite scriptures to offer sacrifices to the fire. Then, every household, adults and children will wander in the corners of the fields with torches made of wormwood from Bimo, imitating the legend of Attila and Palestinian fire to repel insects.

The next day: spread the fire. On this day, every family gathers under the sacred fire of the altar and holds various traditional festivals. Boys should imitate the legendary Atiba, horse racing, wrestling, singing, bullfighting, fighting sheep and cockfighting. The girls imitate the legendary Ash, wearing beautiful clothes and holding butter umbrellas, dancing "Doloho" and body dancing. On this day, the most important activity is the beauty contest of Yi family. The old people should choose the handsome men and beautiful women of the year from the boys and girls according to the legendary Attila Ba's standards of diligence, courage, kindness, intelligence and beauty. As night falls, a pair of affectionate men and women, in the mountains, by the stream, under the butter umbrella, pluck Qin Yue, play the strings and tell each other about their lovesickness. Therefore, some people call Liangshan Yi International Torch Festival "Valentine's Day in the East".

Day 3: Send fire. This is the climax of the entire Liangshan Yi International Torch Festival. On this day, when night falls, everyone will run around with torches. Finally, people gathered their torches together to form a huge bonfire, and happy people gathered around the bonfire to sing and dance heartily. The scene is extremely spectacular. Therefore, it is also called "Oriental Carnival Night".

Torch Festival is an ancient and important traditional festival of Yi people, which has profound folk culture connotation and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. It is called "Oriental Carnival". Different ethnic groups hold Torch Festivals at different times, mostly on June 24th of the lunar calendar. The main activities are bullfighting, goat shooting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty contests and so on. In the new era, the Torch Festival has been endowed with new folk functions and produced new forms.

The Yi Torch Festival is rich and colorful.