"Guangji" is the most solemn traditional festival of Lisu people, which is equivalent to the New Year of Han people. In the past, the festival dates of Lisu people were determined by observing phenology. The holiday time varies from village to village, generally from the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month to the tenth day of the first month of the following year, about one month before and after. This period is the season of cherry blossoms, so it is the New Year's Day of Lisu people when cherry blossoms bloom every year.
Put a big basket full of buckwheat under the tree, surrounded by 12 small baskets of buckwheat and 12 jars of new wine to symbolize1February of a year.
Lisu people are most concentrated in the Nujiang River Basin, and Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture is the only Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in China. When the local Lisu people celebrate the New Year, every household must brew glutinous rice and glutinous corn to make mellow water wine. In order to pray for a bumper harvest and happiness in the coming year, every family should put some first indica rice on peach and pear trees.