What month is the Yi Year in Weining?

Weining Yi Year is on November 20 every year.

Yi New Year, known as "Kushi" in Yi language, is a festival of rituals and celebrations integrating many folklore matters such as ancestor worship, games, food and entertainment, and dress system.

Distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Gui vast Yi region. It is held on November 20 every year on an auspicious day. Liangshan Yi year, mainly in Butuo, Meigu, Zhaojue, Ganluo, Xide and other 17 counties (cities), including Zhaojue, Meigu, Butuo, Xide and other counties Yi year is representative of the rich characteristics.

Relating to the origin of the Yi year, the Yi region has also circulated many legends, of which the most widely circulated is: a long time ago, there is a young man called Obu Kesan Yi, very respectful of filial piety to his mother, but his mother did not know what the reason for the year-round sadness, sullenness.

In order to make his mother happy, he racked his brains and tried his best, but to no avail. A year after the autumn harvest, the Obu Kosan slaughtered chickens and sheep, worship ancestral spirits, invited neighbors and friends and relatives to gather, everyone in the pots and pans next to the laughter, and finally made the depressed mother showed a smile, Obu Kosan many years of long-cherished wish has finally come true.

In order to commemorate this unforgettable day, every year after the end of the fall harvest, he would hold the same activities. In this way, the Yi Year has been passed down from generation to generation, becoming an important traditional festival for the Yi people to memorialize their ancestors and remember their forefathers.