Which nation's traditional festival cultural connotation is Torch Festival?

In addition to traditional festivals, there are also some ethnic festivals, customs festivals and so on in China. Torch Festival is a national-related festival. So which nation's traditional festival is Torch Festival? What is the cultural connotation of Torch Festival?

Torch Festival is a traditional festival of which nation?

Torch Festival is an ancient and important traditional festival for Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo and Lahu nationalities. It has a profound connotation of folk culture and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad, and is called the carnival of the East.

Different ethnic groups hold torch festivals at different times. The Yi, Naxi and Jinuo ethnic groups are held on June 24th, the Bai ethnic group on June 25th and the Lahu ethnic group on June 20th.

The Torch Festival of Yi people generally lasts for three days and three nights, and is divided into three stages: welcoming fire, playing with fire and delivering fire. The main activities of Torch Festival include bullfighting, sheep fighting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, singing and dancing, beauty pageant and so on.

In the new era, the Torch Festival has been endowed with new folk functions and produced new forms. Nowadays, people also take the opportunity of parties to socialize or meet lovers, and conduct business activities on festivals.

It is said that the 24th day of June in the lunar calendar is the anniversary of human use of fire. The Bai, Yi, Pumi, Naxi and other ethnic groups living in Yunnan have designated June 24th as the traditional Torch Festival. At that time, various activities will be held to celebrate and plant the sun.

Torch Festival is a New Year's Festival of Yi people and a symbol of Yi culture. Torch Festival, which started on Nanzhao Tanabata in Tang Dynasty, has been passed down and developed by Yi people from generation to generation, and now it has become a household name.

The Cultural Connotation of Torch Festival

The folk cultural connotation presented by the Torch Festival can't be a single form in the early days, but a compound form, which contains many activities of traditional society, including religion, belief, ethics, singing and dancing, skills, folk aesthetics and other rich connotations.

The Yi area is known as the land of fire, and the Yi people are good at singing and dancing, inheriting the tradition of music and dance and oral art handed down by their ancestors for thousands of years.

And there are many torch songs, although there are various forms, but there are fixed torch songs. The Torch Festival of Yi people has always been the most grand, and it has gradually become a complete set of folk songs.

The folk cultural connotation presented by the Torch Festival can't be a single form in the early days, but a compound form, which contains many activities of traditional society, including religion, belief, ethics, singing and dancing, skills, folk aesthetics and other rich connotations.

The Yi area is known as the land of fire, and the Yi people are good at singing and dancing, inheriting the tradition of music and dance and oral art handed down by their ancestors for thousands of years.

And there are many torch songs, although there are various forms, but there are fixed torch songs. The Torch Festival of Yi people has always been the most grand, and it has gradually become a complete set of folk songs.

Festival culture can not only reflect a nation's cultural characteristics and artistic features, but also hold high a nation's spirit, encouraging the vast number of folk heritage lovers to yearn for ancient culture and cherish national folk art.

Torch Festival is not only a traditional festival of Yi people, but also a regional inheritance of folk culture of southwest ethnic minorities. It has a long history in other ethnic groups of Yi language branch, such as Naxi, Hani, Lisu, Lahu and Jino.

On the one hand, the formation and development of Torch Festival customs are directly related to the local worship, folk beliefs and local religions of all ethnic groups; On the other hand, it is closely related to the historical origin, cultural inheritance and social interaction of these ethnic groups, especially the Yi people.