Traditional Culture of Fashion Festival

"Saizhuang Festival" is a "living fossil" of the traditional culture of the Yi people, which is an outstanding expression of the traditional culture of the Yi people and has special value in anthropology, ethnology and folklore research. Therefore, Yongren County has declared the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage for the "Saizhuang Festival".

Costume Festival takes the handover ceremony of "ship and fire" symbolizing the power of "Wang" and related sacrificial activities as the carrier, and is presided over by "Wang" who integrates religious, military and political rights. A large number of primitive farming rituals, national beliefs and cultural creations were preserved in the costume festival. Yi costume festival not only reflects the political organization form of primitive tribes, but also covers almost all kinds of Yi arts, such as songs, dances, music and embroidery. It is a grand performance of sacrificial culture, costume culture, marriage custom culture, song and dance music culture and ancient salt culture, among which the most representative is Yi costume. Yi embroidery has bold and exaggerated colors, exquisite composition, flexible stitches, fine stitches, unique techniques and different styles. Every needle is a work of art, and every flower is a symbol of a country. In the long-term development process, the song and dance art it contains has not only formed its own unique fixed mode, but also continuously developed and improved its skills through the activity itself. Because of its important influence in folk cultural life, it has become an important stage for Yi folk song and dance music, arts and crafts and other artists to exchange and inherit their skills. It is of inestimable value to study the artistic development history of Yi traditional music, dance, rap and embroidery. Yi costume festival can be said to be a representative "business card" of Yi people and a "living fossil" of Yi traditional culture.