Sichuan Liangshan Yi Year is a national intangible cultural heritage. What is the Year of the Yi Nationality like?

In Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, the Yi people in the Yi area have a traditional festival-the Year of the Yi People. During the festival, local people will carry out various folk activities. Compared with other national festivals, the Year of the Yi nationality has distinct national characteristics. On 20 1 1 year, the Year of Yi entered the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects and became a national intangible cultural heritage.

In Yi language, the Yi people's year is called "Kushi", which means to change the year and extend it to the New Year. Like the Spring Festival of the Han nationality, the Year of the Yi nationality means to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, but compared with the Spring Festival of the Han nationality, the Year of the Yi nationality is different in the time, form and activities of the New Year.

The Year of the Yi nationality originated from the sacrificial activities of the ancestors of the ancient Yi nationality, which is a living witness to the ancient civilization and ancestor worship of the Yi nationality and shows the worship of ancestors by the Yi people. The concepts of adequate food and clothing, prosperous livestock, peace for the people, respect for the elderly and love for the young, joy and peace are fully reflected in the festival. The colorful folk activities are the embodiment of the Yi people's historical culture, interpersonal norms, manners and customs, costumes and folk customs.

In the activities of the Yi Year, the following folk activities are typical:

1, "Library History Plus", that is, preparation years ago. At this stage, the Yi people mainly have two activities: making firewood and killing pigs. To pile firewood is to pile a pile of tall and neat firewood in front of and behind the house. Every family in the stockade piles firewood, which is very high, showing diligence and recreation. The main function of Nian pig is to offer sacrifices to ancestors, pay New Year greetings to the elderly and have dinner with the whole family. In Yi proverbs, Torch Festival is a festival for eyes, while Yi Year is a festival for mouth.

2. "Ku Dish Hey" is the first day of the New Year in China. On this day, the Yi people will light the fern grass in front of the door and use the slowly rising smoke to inform their ancestors to go home and celebrate the festival with their children and grandchildren.

3. "Kushikokug" is the second day of China New Year. The activities of this day are mainly for fun. Everyone put on holiday clothes and went to every house to celebrate the New Year. Young people still sing, dance and race horses. They also pickle bacon and make sausages at home. Everyone has a "reunion dinner" together, and the whole stockade is peaceful from one place to another and from one place to another.

4. "Kushiboji", that is, the third day of the New Year. The most important activity on this day is to send ancestors back to their ancestral land. When the host of the vigil heard the first crow in the morning, he quickly arranged to send his ancestors away, while the hostess made a hot sacrifice and paid homage to them before sending them away.

The above activities are mainly traditional festivals of the Yi people's year. Today's Yi Year is not limited to the above forms, but the core meaning is family reunion, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. From October of the lunar calendar to the eighth day of February, the Yi people celebrate the New Year almost every day. If you are interested in the Year of the Yi people, you can travel to the local area and really feel the Yi culture.