The main way to celebrate the New Year's Day is to kill pigs to worship ancestors. Every Yi family also has the habit of raising pigs, and almost every family will raise at least one pig as food for the coming year. Killing pigs cannot be done by one or two people. Many people need to work together, and almost all relatives, friends or neighbors will come to help. The scene is very lively and festive, and it is also quite spectacular. After killing pork, people will take it to worship their ancestors and pray for their blessings.
Then everyone cooks a pot of delicious pork together and enjoys it with relatives and friends, which is also a symbol of wealth. However, pork is now a very common and common food, but eating it on this day of the festival still has different meanings. The next morning, people will get up and make three kinds of fresh heart-lung soup, which the whole family can enjoy together. Adults will also take their children to sacrifice fruit trees and pray for the safety and health of adults and the healthy growth of children, all of which give the Yi people a good blessing for a year.
On the third day, people will still cook a lot of delicious food. Women are busy preparing food in the kitchen, while men are responsible for receiving guests. Then the whole family will bring many gifts, mainly delicious food, to visit their father-in-law's house. Yi people attach great importance to the relationship between relatives and friends, advocating harmony between relatives and friends, family harmony and friendly neighborhood relations. Yi people are a very kind people.