Composition of torch festival of yi nationality.

Torch Festival is a traditional festival of Yi people. Here is a beautiful story, let me tell it! Regarding the legend of "Torch Festival", Grandma said this: In ancient times, there was a demon king who brutally persecuted the people. The masses couldn't bear it, rose up and attacked them. However, the devil's fortress could not be attacked for a long time, so sheep attacked instead, that is, torches were tied to the horns and hind legs of each sheep to drive them away, and the result was victory. In order to commemorate the victory of this struggle, people hold torches to celebrate each other on June 24 in the summer calendar, thus forming the "Torch Festival". But my sister said this: On June 24th of the lunar calendar, pests were burned with torches to defeat the gods, so the Yi people designated this day as "Torch Festival", which was passed down from generation to generation.

The program "Torch Festival" is particularly interesting. Men participate in wrestling, bullfighting, sheep fighting, cockfighting, horse racing, pole climbing and other projects. Women sing, play strings and play Qin Yue. The most beautiful thing is the beauty contest. Look at the beautiful Yi girls with pholiota adiposa in their hands, beautiful mosaic bags and handsome men.

On the "Torch Festival", every household must first kill animals to worship their ancestors, drink wine and eat tuotuo meat. When night falls, they gather in one place to light a bonfire, light torches, sing songs and dance beautifully until dawn.

After dinner, it's getting dark and the Torch Festival celebration has begun. An old man playing the flute stood among all the people. The old man is a relatively capable person in the village, because the skill of playing the flute was only taught to his son, but he gained his trust. There was a bonfire next to the old man, and everyone formed a circle and danced for a long time. People take torches and light them on the bonfire. People are running in the fields with torches. I see little stars and little flames. Every time the torch passes around a person, it represents auspiciousness and peace. Everyone looks forward to a good harvest in autumn. From their smiles, we can see what they look like in the autumn harvest.