Wenshan yi nationality

Yi nationality is an indigenous people in the southwest of China. According to historical records, the time when Yi ancestors entered Wenshan in large numbers was as far back as 1200 years ago in the Tang Dynasty. The "Wuman" branch of Yi ancestors split into 37 branches in Yuan Dynasty, among which Wangnongshan branch lived in Huilong, Wenshan County. The Ministry of Education is just west of Wenshan today. There are many Yi people in Wenshan, which can be divided into black Yi, white Yi, Luo, servant, Sani and Meng. He said that there are as many as 2 1 branch. Wenshan Yi people have a long history and rich traditional culture, with a population of 323,229 (statistics in 2003).

There is no surname in Yi history, and the father-son system is adopted, that is, the last word of the father's surname is the first son of the son's surname. Today, most Yi surnames are given by officials in different historical periods. All branches of the Yi people have their own national languages. Long-term ethnic integration, the vast majority of Yi people speak Chinese.

Traditional Yi costumes are colorful, exquisite in craftsmanship, diverse in style and profound in connotation. Dresses made of red, yellow, blue, black, blue, purple and white have strong color contrast and distinctive characteristics of oriental national costume art. The connotations of the colors used are: blue represents the origin of the sacred nation; Red means the war and history of blood and fire; Green symbolizes mountains and forests; Black, recording the rivers crossed by ancestors during their migration; White is the bitterness of disaster and misfortune; Purple, the intersection and integration of tribes. The traditional costumes of Yi people have written the history of this nation's survival and development.

Torch Festival is a grand festival of Yi people, which is usually held on June 24th of the lunar calendar. Torch Festival is a sacrificial festival, which includes ancestor worship, dragon worship, land worship, crop worship and Raytheon worship. On the festival day, every household killed chickens, ducks and sheep, and was very busy. The happiest time is at night, when the young men and women in the village are walking around the fields with burning torches. They shook their torches and kept calling and shouting, meaning to fight the devil and drive him away. After that, young men and women from all walks of life gathered in one place, gathered torches, lit a fire, danced string dances around the fire, sang love songs and laughed enthusiastically.

Flower Festival, also known as Flower Festival, is a traditional festival of some Yi people. It is held every year on the eighth, ninth and tenth day of the second lunar month. On the eighth day, the girls in the village got together, killing pigs and chickens, drinking and cooking to worship the gods. Sacrifice the gods, and then choose the best wine and meat for the elderly in the village. Then, they invited the young people in the village to sit around and propose a toast to each other. After dinner, young men and women go to the village, bring ink or pot cigarettes, scuffle and wipe each other's faces. It was not until all the young men and women were blacked out that everyone laughed enough and stopped. The Yi people who celebrate the Flower Face Festival believe that the more people draw their faces on this night, the better the weather will be and the crops will be bumper.

Qiaocai Festival is a grand festival for some Yi people in Malipo, Guangnan and Xichou counties. It is held on the first dragon day in April of the lunar calendar every year. The main ceremony of buckwheat festival is to call buckwheat the home of "soul" in the field. On this day, every family kills pigs or chickens and cooks a sumptuous vegetable rice for their ancestors. After the sacrifice, the family sat together and had a delicious meal. After dinner, young men and women will wear festive costumes and get together to sing love songs and dance Hulusheng.