What month is the Torch Festival?

June 24th.

The Torch Festival, historically known as the "Star Festival", "Lunan (today's Shilin County) State Records," recorded: "June 24 night, the bundle of salary as a prairie fire, to the fishy meat for the sacrifice, and give each other, called the Star Festival, commonly known as the Torch Festival.

It is the most grand and grand national traditional festival in the hearts of the Yi people in southwest China, similar to the Chinese New Year, has been inherited for more than 2,000 years, the complete record is found in the Yuan Dynasty Li Jing's "Yunnan Zhiliu": "June 24th through the night to the gorgonian bound torch lighting".

The Torch Festival has been a symbol of the Yi people's prayers for a good harvest in the coming year, the prosperity of the six animals, the wind and the rain, the family's good health, and for thousands of years, mainly in the form of spontaneous folk organizations throughout the Yi region, the "Dian Department" records: farmers holding torches to illuminate the fields in order to pray for the New Year, the provinces are all the same.

Inheritance of the Torch Festival in the Southwest Cultural Area

The Torch Festival is not only a traditional festival of the Yi, but also a regional inheritance of the folk culture of the Southwest ethnic groups, and it has a long history among the other ethnic groups of the Yi branch, such as the Naxi, Hani, Lisu, Lahu, and Jinuo. The festival also has a long history among other ethnic groups such as the Naxi, Hani, Lisu, Lahu and Jinuo.

The formation and development of torch festival customs in these ethnic groups are directly related to the native worship, folk beliefs and local religions of each ethnic group on the one hand, and closely related to the historical origins, cultural inheritance and social interactions of these ethnic groups, especially those in the Yi language subgroup, on the other hand.