? The Land of Colorful Clouds? What are the traditional festivals in Yunnan

Yunnan Province is located in the southwest border of China, with a long history and culture and gorgeous natural scenery. At the same time, it is also China's largest ethnic minority provinces, *** counts 26 ethnic groups in this prosperous and prosperous. Each ethnic group has different beliefs and cultures, not only the customs are very different, festivals are also colorful. So let's go into the "country of colorful clouds" in Yunnan, and learn about the traditional festivals in the Yunnan culture.

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Torch Festival:

Torch Festival is a kind of festival to wish for a good harvest and prosperity of people and animals. The torch festival has a long history and has been recorded for a long time. The Bai Torch Festival is the 25th day of the 6th lunar month, and the Yi Torch Festival is the 24th day of the 6th lunar month. During the festival, different regions have different ceremonies and amusement.

Bai and Yi torch festival, home in front of the door to put up a torch, the village entrance to put up a high 15 meters high about the big torches, flowers and fruits, at night, men, women and children converge on the square, lit torches, singing around the fire, but also with the candlelight powder sprinkled with torches, the atmosphere is cheerful, lively, the girls should be put on the colorful bracelet line on the fire to bake, in order to eliminate the evil of sycophantic gas; the just-married guys, when the When the torch burns "open bucket" under the duster, they swarmed up to grab its "open bucket" on the simulation of the knife, go, in order to get a son early.

Torch Festival night, the family also prepared a small torch, manpower a column, people holding torches, peer fields, some also ride a horse to raise the torch Mercedes, far away from the formation of a curved fire dragon, the scene is extremely spectacular. This night, often sleepless all night.

White Lord Festival :

"The Lord" means "the realm, the family of the Lord of the blessing", is the unique religious beliefs of the Bai people. Villagers, regardless of promotion and wealth, suffering and illness, birth and parenthood are to go to the main temple to pray for blessings. Villages of the Bai people believe in the Lord of the gods, martyrs and chaste women, filial piety and loyalty have built the Lord of the temple. The temple is magnificent, and the statue of the Lord is superbly sculpted and beautifully modeled. Whenever the birth anniversary of the Lord, we have to kill pigs and slaughter sheep, held a grand festival, called the "Lord Festival". The main festival is very grand, there is a complete set of sacrificial rituals, accompanied by pleasant music and folk song and dance performances, the formation of the main culture unique to the Bai ethnic area.