Lisu Knife Pole Festival The Lisu people who are not afraid of danger

Lisu is an ethnic minority in China, in the first month of every year, the Lisu people will be organized "knife pole festival", that is, "climb to the festival" meaning. Then let the old calendar take you to understand, Lisu Knife Pole Festival, the Lisu people who are not afraid of hardship and danger, together into the mysterious Lisu people it.

The Knife Pole Festival is a traditional festival of the Lisu people.

The festival comes from a Lisu legend: according to legend, in the Ming Dynasty, the foreign enemy invaded the Yunnan border, the military minister Wang Ji was ordered to three conquests of Lushu, the local Lisu people bravely picked up the spear, crossbow and bow, to assist the soldiers defeated the enemy, consolidated the border. Unfortunately, on the way back to the dynasty, Wang Ji was killed by a traitor. In honor of the Lisu heroes, as well as the Lisu warriors who died in the battle. The festival is held every year on this day.

The main content of the festival is to go down to the sea of fire and up to the mountain of knives. The center of the field erected two more than twenty meters long thick bamboo pole, pole inserted more than thirty blade up the long knife, known as the "knife pole". Climbing knife pole people, mostly strong Lisu middle-aged men, they have been through a long period of training, there is a set of special climbing pole skills.

Climbers generally head wrapped in red cloth, wearing red clothes, barefoot. After singing and dancing around the pole, they will barefoot jump on the knife pole, hand pinch knife face, foot sharp blade bravely upward climb. When climbing to the top, but also to do upside down and other difficult movements. After the performance is completed to set off their own firecrackers to celebrate. Onlookers cheered enthusiastically to the pole climbers to offer wine to show respect.

Climbing pole the day before the "jumping sea of fire" competition. That is, in the field lit up piles of firewood, selected five strong Lisu middle-aged men barefoot in the roaring fire jump, they jumped to the sea of fire, a moment to roll between, a moment in the air, a moment to fall. Also the red fireball held in both hands, in the face "scrub" a few times, and then in the hands of the fast rolling rub. In addition, the festival is also held during the throwing cigarette packets, dancing, singing, swinging and other activities, to the festival added endless fun.