The Torch Festival is an ancient and important traditional festival of the Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jino, Lahu and other ethnic groups, and has profound folk cultural connotations.

Many people don’t know what the Torch Festival is about.

Next, let’s take a look at what the Torch Festival celebrates.

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What is the Torch Festival celebrated? 1. Different ethnic groups hold the Torch Festival at different times. Generally, it is on the 24th day of the sixth lunar month, when the handle of the Big Dipper is pointed upward. The Yi ethnic groups all celebrate the Torch Festival. Some scholars believe that this festival

Originally a festival in the ten-month calendar of the Yi people, the Torch Festival is also called the Star Return Festival. There is a popular saying that "the stars return in the sky on New Year's Eve", which is equivalent to the New Year in the Yi calendar.

Therefore, it is also called the Chinese New Year.

The main activities include sheep fighting, cock fighting, bullfighting, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty pageants, etc.

In the new era, the Torch Festival has been given new folk functions and created new forms.

Although there are many folk tales about the origin of the Torch Festival, its real origin is the worship of fire by the ancestors of the Yi people.

Some people say that the Torch Festival originated from the Star Festival.

It can be said that the Torch Festival has nothing to do with the Star Festival.

This issue will be discussed in detail below, so we won’t go into details here.

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Seed is natural fire.

The so-called "human fire" refers to the fire used by people; the so-called "sky fire" refers to natural fire. This kind of fire can easily cause fire, so it is called "disaster".

The pronunciation of "fire" is the same in the Yi language, and the pronunciation in the Lisu language is the same as that in the Yi language. Other Tibeto-Burman languages ??are similar or identical to Chinese, but the pronunciation is farther from the Yi language.

Judging from the fact that the pronunciation of "fire" in the Yi language is quite consistent, it can be seen that the ancestors of the Yi people at least had a relatively unified understanding and pronunciation of the phenomenon of "fire" before gradually moving to live in various places.

The so-called relatively unified understanding of the phenomenon of "fire" refers here to the worship of fire and a series of fire cultural phenomena.

Torch Festival Customs 1. Worshiping the God of Fire: The Pumi people living in Ninglang County will hold activities to worship the God of Fire on the day of the Torch Festival.

2. Fire-playing activities: The Bai and Naxi people who live in the foothills of Wufeng Mountain adjacent to Heqing and Lijiang will hold fire-playing activities on the night of the Torch Festival.

People tie clusters and bunches of red flowers on all the big trees in the village, symbolizing "red flowers and trees burning like torches."

When the first star appears in the sky, people each dance with a small lit torch, sing and dance, and sing praises around the "red flower fire tree".

3. Bullfighting: A loud horn sound sounded, and two bulls came towards each other with their eyes wide open. With a low roar, the two pairs of specially sharpened horns suddenly collided.

The surrounding audience cheered and cheered, and the cow was stimulated and encouraged, and its aggressiveness became fierce. Sometimes it attacked fiercely on the frontier, sometimes it confronted the enemy with force, sometimes blood spattered, and sometimes it waited for an opportunity to counterattack.

The victorious cow, with its head and neck draped in red and flowers, is led around the field by its owner, thus doubling its value.

4. Wrestling: Wrestling is very popular among the Yi people. There are two types of wrestling: stumbling and non-stumbling. Falling down is considered a loss. Different villages select the strongest and most capable wrestlers to compete. In addition to winning prizes, they also

Their own villages also celebrate and encourage them with wine, sheep, cattle and other delicacies.

5. Beauty pageant: The Yi people have loved and pursued beauty for generations. “Beauty pageant” has been the most important and distinctive activity in the traditional torch festival of the Yi people since ancient times.

6. Bonfire party: As night falls, people eat barbecue, then light the flames with pine branches, hold torches and run around in a circle, praying to eliminate pests and diseases and pray for good harvests.

The enthusiastic crowd gathered torches into piles of bonfires, and thousands of Yi people danced the "Big Sanxian" dance.

What does the Torch Festival celebrate? 2 The Torch Festival of the Yi ethnic group is a traditional festival in all Yi areas and is popular in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other Yi areas.

Bai, Naxi, Jinuo, Lahu and other ethnic groups also celebrate this festival.

The Torch Festival on June 24 of the lunar calendar is the most solemn, grandest, most spectacular, largest number of participants, and richest in national characteristics of the Yi people. It is also a grand ceremony for the entire ethnic group.

The Torch Festival is usually held on the 24th or 25th day of the 6th lunar month. The festival lasts for three days. On the 24th day of the 6th lunar month, the handle of the Big Dipper points up. The Yi ethnic groups all celebrate the Torch Festival. Some scholars believe

This festival was originally a festival in the ten-month calendar of the Yi people. The Torch Festival is also called the Star Return Festival. There is a popular saying that "the stars return to the sky on New Year's Eve", which is equivalent to the New Year in the Yi calendar.

Therefore, it is also called the Chinese New Year.

Legends about the origin of the Torch Festival There are different legends about the origin of the Torch Festival.