Which nationality is the Torch Festival?

Torch Festival is a traditional festival of Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo and Lahu nationalities. The torch festival legends of various ethnic groups in Yunnan have their own characteristics. Although the legends about the Torch Festival in Dali and Kunming hide the origin of the Torch Festival, their "Chinese Valentine's Day" also reveals the origin of the Torch Festival and its profound culture.

Torch Festival is related to the worship of fire by some ethnic groups. For our country, Torch Festival is not only a festival, but also an important intangible cultural heritage. Different ethnic groups hold Torch Festivals at different times, mostly on June 24th of the lunar calendar. The main activities include bullfighting and sheep fighting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances and beauty contests. In the new era, the Torch Festival has been endowed with new folk functions and produced new forms.

Torch Festival, also called Chinese Valentine's Day by some ethnic groups, is an ancient traditional festival of Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo, Lahu and other ethnic groups. With profound folk culture connotation, it is called "Oriental Carnival". Torch Festival is usually celebrated on June 25th of the lunar calendar and also on June 24th. Its main activities include bullfighting, horse racing, wrestling and song and dance performances.

Among them, the proverbs of Naxi people about the legend of Torch Festival keep important information about the origin of Torch Festival, which, together with the records in Yuxi, Luquan and Tunxi, provide important clues for exploring the origin of Torch Festival. Yi people are good at singing and dancing, holding music and dancing handed down by their ancestors for thousands of years. Dance with tradition and oral art as the carrier is an important inheritance of "human head and intangible cultural heritage" in songs, legends and even epic performances formed by torch festival customs.