What are the cultural customs and characteristics of the Yi people?

Yi people have the characteristics of large dispersion and small settlements, so the houses of Yi people in different places are different. But most houses have a fire pit, which will not go out all year round. It is not only used for heating, lighting, stewing or baking food, but also the center for gathering friends and receiving guests. Pot stones or tripods in the fire pit shall not be trodden with feet, and spitting in the fire pit is strictly prohibited.

Yi people have strict customs and habits for the young and old, men and women, subjects and guests. When meeting elders, the younger generation must stand aside and let the elders go first; When the elders enter the house, they must be seated, and the rest are seated in turn; When eating, the elders sit on it (commonly known as "the upper seat"), and the younger generation sits on both sides and below in turn, waiting on the elders to add rice, vegetables and soaking. Don't touch the heads of adults and old people.

Clothing customs:

Yi men and women like to make clothes with self-woven and self-dyed homespun. The man's head is wrapped in blue cloth, lined with white clothes, blue double-breasted collar and wide waistband. Young and middle-aged women wear dark blue homespun headscarves, with short blue front lapels and longer back lapels. There are five-color stripes on the round neck and three-color patterns on the sleeves.

Young women's green cloth headdress, with hair band, silver necklace with many silver bubbles, sister coats of different colors, lace of different colors, waist and round neck with blue pattern. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), traditional costumes gradually decreased, most of which were the same as those of the Han nationality, while the younger generation wore popular costumes.