What changes have taken place in Yunnan Yi Torch Festival since ancient times?

Torch Festival is called the carnival of the East by the world, among which the Torch Festival of Yi nationality is the most influential.

The diversity of Yi branches leads to certain regional differences in the form and content of Torch Festival. The author takes Chuxiong Yi Torch Festival as the specific research object. Chuxiong Yi Torch Festival is not a simple carnival, but an annual comprehensive presentation and continuation of Chuxiong Yi people's spiritual culture and material culture.

Any external and internal form of the Torch Festival contains the unique national cultural connotation of the Yi people, so it is of great value to study the Torch Festival of the Yi people in Chuxiong. At the same time, the value of Torch Festival is not only reflected in its specific cultural connotation.

In today's social development, national festivals are of great value and significance for enhancing national identity and cohesion and promoting national economic development.