What are the traditional festivals of the Yi people?

1, Torch Festival - Yi carnival: "Torch Festival" is generally held in the lunar calendar June 24 to 26 evening, is a grand festival of the Yi people. At that time to kill cattle, kill sheep, sacrifices to ancestors, some areas also sacrificed to the Lord of the earth, feast with each other, eat lumps of meat, *** wishing a bumper harvest. Torch Festival is generally celebrated for 3 days, the first day of the family get-together, after 2 days of wrestling, horse racing, bullfighting, boat racing, tug of war and other colorful activities, and then held a grand bonfire party, all-night revelry.

2, Yi year

Yi year, the Yi language known as "Kus", "Ku" that is, the year, "S" that is, the new year, meaning the New Year, is the size of the Liangshan Yi people, the traditional rituals and celebrations. It is a traditional festival of rituals and celebrations of the Liangshan Yi people. "Kus" is usually held in October of the lunar calendar, when the crops are harvested. The Yi New Year lasts for 3 days. The first night of the Yi New Year is called "Jueluoji", the first day of the New Year is called "Kus", the second day is called "Dobo", and the third day is called "Apuji The first day of the New Year is called "Kus", the second day is called "Dobo", and the third day is called "Apuji.

3, jump public festival

that is, jumping bow festival, the Yi language called "noisy Che", meaning "jumping bow dance", also known as the "Kong enough", means It is also called "Kongteng", which means "happy and praying for blessings". Jumping Bow Festival is the grandest festival of the year for the Yi people living in the border area of Guiyan and Yunnan in Napo County. Although the exact date of the festival varies from village to village, it is generally held in the first and middle of the fourth month of the lunar calendar every year.

The origin of the festival, according to legend, is that an ancestor had led the Yi people in the defense of the territory of the battle was besieged by the enemy in the mountains in the bamboo forest, the situation is very critical. Later they made bows and arrows from bamboo, fought back and finally won the victory. They came back in triumph and were warmly celebrated by the clan, which became a customary festival over time.

4, make up the annual festival

Yi residents living in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, in the New Year after the tenth and eleventh of the second month of the lunar calendar, but also had a festival, the Yi language called this festival for the "hemp dragon fire". In the sacrificial activities, to sacrifice the largest scale of the dragon. Sacrifice of the dragon in two, three, April in a dragon day, to the village as a unit of each person to bring a bowl of rice, a small piece of salt, by the old man prepared incense,

In the collective sacrifice under the Dragon Tree; Yunnan Yi choose the first month of the first day of the dragon sacrifice dragon, after the sacrifice, we sat on the ground, regardless of the elders and young people, rice, meat brought, meat **** food, a large-scale gatherings.

5, the Race Dress Festival

As the name suggests, it is clothing, dress competition. This is a full display of the Yi people smart, hard-working, capable of the festival. It is also a day to love beauty, choose beauty and compare beauty. Every year, on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the Yi people gather together to celebrate the Race Dress Festival. Sightseeing at the Yi Race Dressing Festival is a delightful treat for the eyes.

The festival is a colorful event, filled with bright, colorful and colorful costumes that will surely dazzle you. Yi women are also very good at embroidery, not only in the clothes, hats, waist embroidery, but also in the satchel, shoes, insoles embroidered with lovely, naughty and playful patterns.