1, pregnant women don't go to other people's weddings;
2. Don't throw food about;
3. Don't go near their spirit tablet;
4. Don't walk in the fields;
5, can not be ignited during the day;
6. You can't whistle in the house;
7. Women can't touch a man's head;
8. Don't sit under and on the left side of stacked items;
9, can't say fat, heavy and beautiful to the baby;
10, be sure to drink the wine that the host respects.
Customs of torch festival of Yi nationality;
Before the festival: every family prepares food. During the period, all villages erected big torches made of dried pine nuts and pine nuts, and small torches were erected in front of each door, which were lit at night to make the villages brightly lit; At the same time, people carried small torches and marched in groups between the village edge and the ridge, inserting torches and pine nuts in the corners of the fields. Finally, young men and women gathered in the square and piled many torches into fire towers, and the flames were soaring. People formed a circle, singing and dancing, and rejoiced all night. The main activity of Torch Festival is in the evening. People either light torches to pray for the New Year, remove filth and seek good luck, or light bonfires and hold grand song and dance entertainment activities. During the festival, there are horse racing, bullfighting, archery, wrestling, tug-of-war, swinging and other recreational activities, and commodity fairs are held.
Torch Festival generally lasts for three days and nights. The first day is "fasting", which means welcoming fire. On this day, all villages will slaughter cattle, sheep and pigs, greet Vulcan with wine and meat, and pay homage to their ancestors. Women will also make buckwheat buns and Ciba noodles, and everyone outside will go home for a reunion dinner, drink homemade wine around the fireplace, eat tuorou and share joy and happiness. Whenever night falls, people near the village will build an altar at the location selected by the old man, tap flint to light the flame in the traditional way, and Bimo will recite scriptures to offer sacrifices to the fire. Then, in every household, the family elders took out the torches made of Artemisia sticks from the fire pit, and let the descendants take the torches from the elders, first illuminating every corner of the house, then coming to the fields and corners to drive away diseases and disasters with fire. Finally, they gathered on the hillside, played with torches, sang and danced, and played various games.
The second day of Torch Festival is "Du Ge", which means to praise and eulogize fire and is the symbol of Torch Festival. At dawn, men, women and children put on holiday costumes, bring cooked meat and buckwheat buns, and gather under the sacred fire of the altar to participate in various traditional festival activities. Thousands of people get together to organize horse racing, wrestling, singing, beauty contests, pole climbing, shooting, bullfighting, sheep beating, chicken fighting and other activities. The girls in beautiful clothes danced "Doloho". On this day, the most important activity is the beauty contest of Yi family. Older people should choose beautiful men according to the legendary hard-working, brave and handsome Laba image. Choose a beautiful woman who is kind, smart, beautiful and generous like Zhang Ni A Zhi. When night comes, thousands of torches form a series of fire dragons, which flock to the same place from all directions, and finally form countless bonfires, burning the sky red. People danced and sang around the bonfire until late at night. The scene is grand and jubilant, so it enjoys the reputation of "Oriental Carnival". When the bonfire was about to go out, couples of young men and women quietly walked into the hillside, into the trees, and under the yellow oil umbrella, they played Qin Yue and played the strings, telling each other about the suffering of lovesickness. Therefore, some people call the Yi Torch Festival "Valentine's Day in the East".
On the third day of Torch Festival, the Yi people call it "Doha" or "Dusha", which means to send fire. The whole Yi Torch Festival ends here. As night falls, after dinner, families light torches and hold torches, walk to the appointed place, get together, set up a fire altar, hold a ceremony to send fire, read scriptures, pray for Vulcan, pray for ancestors and bodhisattvas, give their children health and happiness, and give them the joy of a bumper harvest on earth. People held torches and sang greetings, "Burn plague, hunger and disease, and have a happy harvest year", praying for the safety of their homes and the prosperity of six animals. At this time, the chicken wings and chicken feathers slaughtered on the first day will be burned together, and evil spirits and plague gods will also be burned. Then find a bigger stone and put the lighted torches and chicken feathers under it, which means to suppress the devil, keep the family prosperous, harvest crops, and fatten cattle and sheep. Finally, the Yulong-shaped torches of villages and villages on the mountain and below the mountain gathered together and burned into a big bonfire to show that all people are United and jointly resist natural disasters.
What should I pay attention to when visiting Yi people's homes? Every nation has its own customs and taboos.
First, the behavior taboo:
1, don't dismount when you meet someone.
2, to avoid pregnant women in and out of other people's weddings.
3. The baby under the full moon should avoid people with body odor.
4, are not allowed to use the pedal pot Shi Zhuang, more avoid crossing from above the fireplace.
5. Avoid throwing food in your hands.
6, avoid playing cuckoo.
7. Spirit tablet is the embodiment of ancestors' spirit. It is forbidden for outsiders to approach or place unclean things around.
8, avoid engagement, kill pigs and sheep in the New Year. No gallbladder sweat or dark spleen.
9. Don't kill animals, don't burn, worship ancestors first, and be touched by dogs, cats and chickens first.
10, avoid walking in the middle of the venue during the Torch Festival, which will cause insect disasters.
1 1. Avoid walking around with torches during the day and leaving the house with two torches one by one.
12, someone at home goes out for a long trip, so don't sweep out the garbage afterwards.
13, avoid playing the strings and whistling indoors, and leave the door open at night.
14, it is forbidden to cut down the making of making a sacred tree or make noise and play around it.
15. Don't carry or put the hoe and axe together.
16, don't break branches, spit, beat chickens, dogs, chop brooms and fan handkerchiefs in front of each other when you have grievances.
17, you can't touch a man's "Buddha" casually.
18, women are not allowed to touch a man's head, let alone cross a man's hat.
19, don't fart in public.
20. When visiting the Yi people's home, you can't sit under and on the left side of the bunk bed.
2 1, the host treats guests with wine and meat, and the guests should taste it to show their gratitude.
2. Language taboos:
1, avoid using "fat", "heavy" and "beautiful" compliments for your baby.
2. Don't talk openly about defecation, fart, giving birth to children in front of everyone, not to mention the language with similar sexual genitals in the mantra.
3. Avoid casual jokes between Weng and his brother and sister-in-law.
4. Don't just laugh and play with Bimo and Suni.
5. Avoid saying unlucky things when your family is away.
6. When people are sick, avoid saying things like death or injury.
7. Avoid swearing for no reason.
3. Dietary taboos:
1, fast horses, mules, dogs, cats, monkeys, snakes, frogs and other meat.
Don't eat food with broken chopsticks when stirring.
3. When pulling the sheep to the hall for slaughter, the sheep suddenly told people not to eat it.
4. Avoid eating food.
5. Don't eat the food that the chicken skipped.
6. Avoid cutting meat with a sickle.
7. Men should not eat flour whose grinding shaft is broken when grinding.
8. Pregnant women should not eat roe deer meat and rabbit meat, and children should not eat chicken stomach, chicken tail, pig ears and sheep ears. Do not eat chicken ileum.
9. Don't burn soba noodles and tortillas, put them in and take them out from the right side of the fireplace (guest side).
10, Yi people regard wine as the top grade. At the dinner table, Yi people should enthusiastically persuade them to talk to you. There is a saying that "no wine makes no respect". If the host doesn't propose a toast, he will be considered to look down on him.
How do Yi people celebrate Torch Festival? Torch Festival is the biggest traditional festival of Yi people. Every year from June 24th to 27th of the lunar calendar, all villages of Yi people hold grand sacrificial activities, offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, ancestor worship, exorcising evil spirits, and praying for the prosperity of six animals and abundant crops, which embodies the good wishes of Yi people to respect the laws of nature and pursue a happy life.
Torch Festival is a large-scale brand festival in Yunnan ethnic villages except the Water-splashing Festival. During the Torch Festival every year, some unique festival activities will be launched in the scenic spot. On the basis of retaining the original activities such as "Torch Festival, Parade, Bullfighting, Torch Festival and Torch Carnival", this year's Torch Festival also specially invited the Yi Mute Performance Team, the Bai Suona Band and the Fighting Sheep Team, further enriching and creating three periods of "Wonderful Torch Festival, Classic Torch Festival and Happy Torch Festival". At the same time, new projects such as "Torch Festival Beauty Contest, Naxi Dongba Fire Festival and Torchbearer Jumping Competition" were launched.
In addition to the strong lineup of ethnic minorities blocking the door to toast and welcome guests, as well as the accompaniment of Yi people's musical instruments such as Huayao Song and Dance, Sandaohong and Dashanxian, there are also * * American Cow King Competition, Sheep Beating Competition and * * * lively Yi people's fire sacrifice ceremony, which completely restores the flavor of folk customs, allowing tourists to feel the splendor of many ethnic minorities and experience unique carnival activities.
prepare
Before the festival, every family should prepare food; Indulge in parties, singing and drinking during festivals. During the Torch Festival, big torches made of dried pine nuts and pine nuts were erected in every village, and small torches were erected in front of every door, which were lit at night to make the villages brightly lit. At the same time, people carried small torches and marched in groups between the village edge and the ridge, inserting torches and pine nuts in the corners of the fields. Looking from a distance, the fire dragon reflected in the sky, winding and winding, very touching. Finally, young men and women gathered in the square, piled many torches into fire towers and sang and danced all night.
Select personnel
One of the important programs of the Yi Torch Festival is to choose handsome men and beautiful women. Yi people have their own unique aesthetics, and the judges are composed of respected old people, and the selection results are absolutely fair. Handsome conditions depend not only on looks, but also on words and deeds. For example, the conditions of beauty are: thick black hair, thick eyebrows, big eyes, high nose, long neck, delicate and rosy panel, well-proportioned figure (not too thin), decent behavior, good personality, diligence and many other conditions. Handsome men have different conditions: brave and good at fighting, handsome and strong. Elegant in speech and manners, wearing a hero's knot, a hero's belt and sword, a black wool cloak and a fine horse. Today, this is the annual Torch Festival competition in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
revel
Torch Festival usually lasts for three days and nights. The first day is "everywhere", which means welcoming the fire. On this day, every village will slaughter cattle, sheep and pigs, greet Vulcan with wine and meat, and worship ancestors. Women can also make buckwheat buns and make noodles, and people outside go home to have a reunion dinner and get together.
Yi people's traditional Chinese painting works-by Di Ying Shao
The fireplace drinks homemade wine, eats meat pieces and shares joy and happiness together. When night falls, people near the village will set up an altar at the location chosen by the old man, tap flint to light the flame in the traditional way, and Bimo (the priest) will read scriptures to offer sacrifices to the fire. Then, in every household, the family elders took out the torches made of Artemisia sticks from the fire pit, and let the descendants take the torches from the elders, first illuminating every corner of the house, then coming to the fields and corners to drive away diseases and disasters with fire. Finally, they gathered on the hillside, played with torches, sang and danced, and played various games.
The second day of Torch Festival is "Du Ge", which means to praise and eulogize fire and is the symbol of Torch Festival. At dawn, men, women and children put on holiday costumes, bring cooked meat and buckwheat buns, and gather under the sacred fire of the altar to participate in various traditional festival activities. Thousands of people get together to organize horse racing, wrestling, singing, beauty contests, pole climbing, shooting, bullfighting, sheep beating, chicken fighting and other activities. The girls in beautiful clothes danced "Doloho". On this day, the most important activity is the beauty contest of Yi family. Older people should choose beautiful men according to the legendary hard-working, brave and handsome Laba image. Choose a beautiful woman who is kind, smart, beautiful and generous like Zhang Ni A Zhi. When night comes, thousands of torches form a series of fire dragons, which flock to the same place from all directions, and finally form countless bonfires, burning the sky red. People danced and sang around the bonfire until late at night. The scene is grand and jubilant, so it enjoys the reputation of "Oriental Carnival". When the bonfire was about to go out, couples of young men and women quietly walked into the hillside, into the trees, and under the yellow oil umbrella, they played Qin Yue and played the strings, telling each other about the suffering of lovesickness. Therefore, some people call the Yi Torch Festival "Valentine's Day in the East".
On the third day of Torch Festival, the Yi people call it "Doha" or "Dusha", which means to send fire. The whole Yi Torch Festival ends here. As night falls, after dinner, families light torches and hold torches, walk to the appointed place, get together, set up a fire altar, hold a ceremony to send fire, read scriptures, pray for Vulcan, pray for ancestors and bodhisattvas, give their children health and happiness, and give them the joy of a bumper harvest on earth. People held torches and sang greetings, "Burn plague, hunger and disease, and have a happy harvest year", praying for the safety of their homes and the prosperity of six animals. At this time, the chicken wings and chicken feathers slaughtered on the first day will be burned together, and evil spirits and plague gods will also be burned. Then find a bigger stone and put the lighted torches and chicken feathers under it, which means to suppress the devil, keep the family prosperous, harvest crops, and fatten cattle and sheep. Finally, the Yulong-shaped torches of villages and villages on the mountain and below the mountain gathered together and burned into a big bonfire to show that all people are United and jointly resist natural disasters.
activity
Traditional wrestling, bullfighting, horse racing and other activities will be held during the Torch Festival. These activities originated from the legend that the hero Rabbah defeated the devil (or the gods). Heroes fight the devil and teach people to light torches to kill locusts transformed by evil spirits, thus protecting villages and crops. In order to commemorate this event, the annual Torch Festival will symbolically repeat this legendary story and gradually become the main content of festival activities.
Is the Yi People's Torch Festival a holiday? Torch Festival is equivalent to the Yi New Year (China New Year). I once celebrated the Torch Festival in Sichuan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, and the whole city had a unified holiday for three days, including traffic police and various enterprises and institutions. Like the Spring Festival, we set off firecrackers and ate rich food for three days to celebrate.
When is the 20 12 of the Yi Torch Festival on June 24th of the lunar calendar? Just check the lunar calendar.
What is the symbol of the Yi Torch Festival? What does the Torch Festival express for the Yi people? Fire is a symbol of the Yi people's pursuit of light.
The totem worship of Yi people is fire, which symbolizes the same enthusiasm and endless life as fire. Torch Festival of Yi nationality is a totem worship ceremony.
There are different legends about the origin of Torch Festival. When it comes to the struggle between the gods and the land gods, people use torches to help the land gods destroy insects and defeat the gods. One is from Nanzhao unofficial history and Yunnan Department of Normal School. These two books contain: Pirog, the leader of Nanzhao, attempted to annex the other five imperial edicts and gathered them in Songming Building to burn them. Deng Ruo's wife advised her husband not to go, lest he be killed. Charity found her husband's body with shrewd wisdom and persistent love for him, and buried it smoothly, so Yunnan people burned it with torches. The Sani people of the Yi nationality in Shilin regard the Torch Festival as a festival to commemorate the victory of the people's struggle with the devil. The Yi people in Wuding believe that after the Torch Festival, ears of grain will grow as thick as torches. Later generations used this as a sacrifice to drive away ghosts and evil spirits at home, so as to keep people and animals safe.
Torch Festival is the biggest traditional festival of Yi people. Every year, from June 24th to 27th of the lunar calendar, all villages of Yi people hold grand sacrificial activities, offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, ancestor worship, exorcising evil spirits, and praying for the prosperity of six animals and bumper harvests, which embodies the good wishes of Yi people to respect the laws of nature and pursue a happy life.
Torch Festival usually lasts for three days and nights. The first day is "everywhere", which means welcoming the fire. On this day, all villages will slaughter cattle, sheep and pigs, greet Vulcan with wine and meat, and pay homage to their ancestors. Women will also make buckwheat buns and Ciba noodles, and everyone outside will go home for a reunion dinner, drink homemade wine around the fireplace, eat tuorou and share joy and happiness. When night falls, people near the village will set up an altar at the location chosen by the old man, tap flint to light the flame in the traditional way, and Bimo (the priest) will read scriptures to offer sacrifices to the fire. Then, in every household, the family elders took out the torches made of Artemisia sticks from the fire pit, and let the descendants take the torches from the elders, first illuminating every corner of the house, then coming to the fields and corners to drive away diseases and disasters with fire. Finally, they gathered on the hillside, played with torches, sang and danced, and played various games.
The second day of Torch Festival is "Du Ge", which means to praise and eulogize fire and is the symbol of Torch Festival. At dawn, men, women and children put on holiday costumes, bring cooked meat and buckwheat buns, and gather under the sacred fire of the altar to participate in various traditional festival activities. Thousands of people get together to organize horse racing, wrestling, singing, beauty contests, pole climbing, shooting, bullfighting, sheep beating, chicken fighting and other activities. The girls in beautiful clothes danced "Doloho". On this day, the most important activity is the beauty contest of Yi family. Older people should choose beautiful men according to the legendary hard-working, brave and handsome Laba image. Choose a beautiful woman who is kind, smart, beautiful and generous like Zhang Ni A Zhi. When night comes, thousands of torches form a series of fire dragons, which flock to the same place from all directions, and finally form countless bonfires, burning the sky red. People danced and sang around the bonfire until late at night. The scene is grand and jubilant, so it enjoys the reputation of "Oriental Carnival". When the bonfire was about to go out, couples of young men and women quietly walked into the hillside, into the trees, and under the yellow oil umbrella, they played Qin Yue and played the strings, telling each other about the suffering of lovesickness. Therefore, some people call the Yi Torch Festival "Valentine's Day in the East".
On the third day of Torch Festival, the Yi people call it "Doha" or "Dusha", which means to send fire. The whole Yi Torch Festival ends here. As night falls, after dinner, families light torches and hold torches, walk to the appointed place, get together, set up a fire altar, hold a ceremony to send fire, read scriptures, pray for Vulcan, pray for ancestors and bodhisattvas, give their children health and happiness, and give them the joy of a bumper harvest on earth. People held torches and sang greetings, "Burn plague, hunger and disease, and have a happy harvest year", praying for the safety of their homes and the prosperity of six animals. At this time, the chicken wings and chicken feathers slaughtered on the first day will be burned together, and evil spirits and plague gods will also be burned. Then find a bigger stone and put the lighted torches and chicken feathers under it, which means to suppress the devil, keep the family prosperous, harvest crops, and fatten cattle and sheep. Finally, the Yulong-shaped torches of villages and villages on the mountain and below the mountain gathered together and burned into a big bonfire to show that all people are United and jointly resist natural disasters.
Why do Yi people celebrate Torch Festival? Torch Festival is a traditional grand festival of Yi people, just like we celebrate the Spring Festival. On the morning of June 24th of the lunar calendar every year, all Yi people, men, women and children, wear the most beautiful clothes, get together, celebrate by drinking during the day, and carry out bullfighting, wrestling, horse racing, archery and other activities. In the evening, a bonfire party is held, that is, a pile of wood is lit, and everyone sings and dances around the fire, and they also hold torches for a parade. Numerous torches swam across the fields of Shan Ye, and the scenery was very beautiful. The boys played flutes, touching Qin Yue and Da Sanxian, and danced the beautiful and cheerful dance "An Xi Jumped over the Moon" with the girls. How did the Torch Festival come about? Why do Yi people celebrate Torch Festival? Legend is to commemorate an ancient heroine who died because of her intelligence, loyalty and resistance to violence. It reflects the desire of the Yi people to drive away evil and pursue a better life.
Every year on June 24th of the lunar calendar, the Yi people in southwest China hold a traditional "Torch Festival". On the festival day, boys wrap their heads in green or blue cloth and tie them into a "hero's knot". The girls put on pleated skirts and gathered in the village square. In the square, a tower-shaped woodpile was built with dry wood and pine branches. A green wood three or four feet high stood in the middle of the pile, with a bunch of red flowers hanging on its head. After dinner, men, women and children lit the woodpile in the square with torches, singing and dancing around the blazing fire in the sound of gongs and drums.
Why do Yi people celebrate Torch Festival? Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a young man named Doa Yazi in Yi nationality. He is very powerful and often does good things for the villagers with his own strength. Yi people like him very much. The Hercules in the sky knew about it and insisted on fighting Doyle, so the two men fought on a vast hillside. Villagers put incense tables on the hillside and prayed that Ayaz would win. Boys play sanxian, and girls sing to cheer for their heroes. Yi Jia struggled with Hercules on the hillside for three days and nights, and finally defeated Hercules and threw him on the hillside. After the failure of vigorous wetting, I became angry from embarrassment and grabbed a handful of incense ashes from the incense table. Incense ashes turn into countless migratory locusts and fly to the ground to harm crops. Doyle, the hero, asked people to find pine branches, tie them into torches, and then burn all the locusts that devoured crops.
Doyle wrestled with Hercules on June 24th of the lunar calendar. Therefore, on this day every year, Yi family members will light torches and hold wrestling, dancing and other recreational activities to commemorate the hero Doaille and celebrate the harvest.