What are the main festivals of the Yi people?

Yi: the most valued wrestling sport Torch Festival for the grand grand festival Yi **** has a population of more than 6.57 million (1990 statistics), is a more populous, more widely distributed ethnic groups. They live in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces and regions. Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, the Yi ethnic group called themselves "Nuosu", Yunnan Honghe Yi ethnic group called themselves "Luo Luo", Guishan, Mile area of the Yi ethnic group called themselves "Sani" and "A fine". The Yi in the area of Guishan and Mile mostly call themselves "Sani" and "A Tiny". The Yi are an ancient people. According to the evidence, the Yi have a close relationship with the ancient inhabitants of Qiang, and are considered to be a nation formed by the long-term integration of the ancient Qiang people and the indigenous people of Southwest China. The Yi have their own language and script, *** divided into six dialect areas, four sub-dialect areas, twenty-one native language areas, twenty-two sub-native language areas. Although there are big differences among the various dialects, dialects and sub-dialects, there are similarities in grammatical structure, basic vocabulary and phonetics, and there is no greater obstacle to communication among the middle-aged and young people of this ethnic group. Torch Festival Yi Traditional Sports Wrestling: Wrestling is one of the most important and popular traditional sports among the Yi. Especially during the Torch Festival, Spring Festival and the Year of the Yi, wrestling is an indispensable element. In the past, in the area of Mile and Lunan in east Yunnan, the day of sacrificing "Mi Zhi Shen" (the god in charge of livestock in the legend) was the golden season of wrestling. Sacrifice this day, by the village Bimo (specializing in ritual activities host) and the elders lead, people followed by a long pole carrying "hanging red" with the red cloth into the field, around the field for a week, and then burn incense and worship, and finally young people around the hanging red dance in honor of God. After the ceremony, various cultural and sports activities such as wrestling, lion dance and bullfighting begin. Before the wrestling match, first by the referee to make a short ceremony, the end of the ceremony, the players only take off their shirts, shorts, squatting at the edge of the field, meaning to the referee to request the start. The referee then enthusiastically greeted the front, will help the players up, around the field for a week, and shouted in Yi language: "Warriors, come on! Don't miss this great opportunity ......" Following this, one by one, the fighters came out one after another. The referee, based on his experience and eyesight, determines the weight and age of the contestants, and leads them into the arena, where a fierce wrestling match begins. According to the number of participants, several pairs or even dozens of pairs of wrestling matches can be held at the same time. Yi wrestling has no weight class and no time limit. Usually the first to enter are young novices. After the two-person match is over, the loser voluntarily withdraws from the match, and the winner stays and fights again. The basic way of Yi wrestling is to move from standing wrestling to a circular style of kneeling and supporting wrestling. The main movements are grabbing the opponent's belt, holding a single leg, crossing the back, pinning the arm flip, and wearing the leg. Wrestling is won by making the opponent land on both shoulders. The rules are very similar to those of international freestyle wrestling, and with a little training, competitors can participate in international competitions. A wrestling match usually consists of three rounds, with the winner winning two rounds and both wrestlers falling to the ground together as a draw. If all three rounds are tied, the match is considered a draw. Those who win more than two consecutive matches will win the prize. Yi wrestling has cultivated many talents for the country, and many of them have won many awards in various competitions at home and abroad. The famous Yi wrestler Long Wencai, known as "Yunnan leg-holding", has won the national championship in freestyle wrestling of 73 kilograms by defeating many famous wrestlers with his leg-holding tricks. Injured Bow:Injured bow is an ancient and indispensable weapon for self-defense and hunting in the life of Yi people. The crossbow is shaped like a bow and is made of hard rock mulberry tree or pear tree. Shooting a crossbow is like shooting an arrow with a horizontal bow, as long as you pull the trigger, the arrow will fly out of the arrow slot in the crossbow bed, with a long range. As the Yi people live in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas, the forest is often infested with wild animals, so the men go out and never leave their bows. As a sport, the competitions during the traditional festivals are often based on who can shoot far and accurately. Fire Rope: Widely spread in the Yi folk in Liangshan, Sichuan Province, mostly held on festivals or happy days, it is a mass sports program unique to the Yi folk. The fire rope jumping is mainly for male and female youths, and the fire rope used is twisted with thin rattan canes, the length of which varies from person to person. Before the game to the fire rope on the pine oil, tung oil, or tied to a good kerosene-soaked cloth. Generally choose a flat dam, the two ends of the flat dam to draw the start and finish line for the race site. The distance of the race is not strict no strict requirements and regulations, generally between 30 meters and 50 meters. Contestants should be prepared in advance at the starting point, to be an order, the first thing is to light the fire rope, and then like a single person jumping rope jumping rope jumping forward. Jumping rope competition, to first reach the end for the win, in addition to single jump, there are also collective jump. During the competition, you can only jump the rope forward, if you run with the fire rope in the middle, it is regarded as a foul. Because this competition is burning fire rope competition, generally more selected at night. So the scene is very spectacular. Horse Racing: Horse racing is a traditional sports activity of the Yi people, which is usually held during the New Year's Eve or large-scale ceremonial activities. The race track is an oval track with a circumference of about 300 to 400 meters. During the races, all the horses and riders are well dressed. Riders are dressed in costumes, horses are saddled with colorful saddles, and bridles with gold and silver jewels are put on. The winner is the one who crosses the finish line the fastest. In addition to horse racing, there are also horseback riding hurdles, horseback riding fire rings and other performances, the victor's horse will also multiply the identity. Grinding Autumn: Also known as "Grinding Autumn", this activity is named because it is very similar to the rotation of a mill, so it is named. It is widely spread in the Yi folk in Dafang County, Guizhou Province, especially the four Yi girls in the local Baina Yi Township are the most representative. The "Grinding Autumn" is similar to the Han's rotating pressure plate. Choose a diameter of 50 centimeters, 1 meter high, the top of a slightly smaller wooden column, take a 6-meter-long horizontal wood with the same diameter, and cut a round hole in the middle. Each end sits on one or two people of equal weight. Landing on one side of the foot stirrups the ground, so that the wood rotation, and then do the roll body, roll, ride the pole and other actions, both beautiful and thrilling. One of the more difficult roll on the body, ride the pole back to return, roll, etc., is the Yi young man's specialty. In addition, grinding autumn or Kunming, Chuxiong Yi youth around a way to choose a spouse, grinding autumn when men and women press a head, rotating each other to please each other, winning each other's goodwill, will continue to interact with many young men and women in the folk is through this way to tie the knot. Polishing autumn in other brotherly ethnic groups also have circulated among, just call it differently.

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