The Torch Festival has been passed down to this day and has become an important festival of the Yi people. The main programs celebrated are: Wrestling is very popular among the Yi people, with two types: stumbling and non-stumbling. The person who falls down is the loser; different villages select the strongest and most capable ones.

Wrestling experts competed, and in addition to receiving prizes, the winners were also celebrated and encouraged by their own villages with wine, sheep, cattle and other delicacies.

In addition, there are wonderful archery competitions, and the venue is always filled with many young people riding horses and Yi girls in bright costumes. They sing and dance, and the onlookers sing and sing along. The place is full of joyful singing and laughter.

Old people with ear-to-ear faces, and even tourists from far away are infected with the festive atmosphere.

Sheep fighting has a sense of humor and burlesque.

The two rams stumbled over with their heads held high as if there was no one around them. When they spotted their rivals, they ran forward and separated with a bang, as if nothing had happened.

This was repeated several times, and until the end of the fight, the two sheep rubbed each other in a dazed state, shaking hands and making peace, regardless of the outcome. It was really interesting.

There are also horse racing, cockfighting, etc., which are all competitions of male power. They are the flourishing of the inner vitality of the nation, the collision of enterprising fire and wine, and the sculptures of pioneering stubbornness and wisdom.

The Yi Torch Festival in Xichang has been in line with Liangshan's opening up to the outside world, promoting economic and trade exchanges, and integrating with the international community. The Liangshan International Torch Festival, which is held every three years, has given this traditional festival a new era style and given it a new connotation for generations of Yi people.

The love of beauty, the pursuit of beauty, and beauty pageants have been the most important and distinctive activities in the traditional Torch Festival of the Yi people since ancient times.

It is different from the beauty pageants in today's world that combine commerciality and artistry.

The traditional folk beauty pageant of the Yi people, which has lasted for thousands of years, has very strict requirements. Beautiful Yi girls are dressed up, holding yellow umbrellas, dancing slowly around the fire on the lawn and performing Dolehe. The judges are all respected old people in the village.

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Their selection is both picky and natural. It depends not only on the girl's figure and appearance, but also on their dress; it also depends on their usual filial piety towards their parents and elders; and more importantly, based on their usual moral character and reputation for hard work.

to judge.

On the day of the festival, every household in the village will set up a number of torches in front of the door to prepare for activities.

At the same time, choose an open area near the village and erect a 10-20 meter long green pine in the center of the ground. A wooden stick covered with red paper flowers is placed across the top of the pine. The pine is surrounded by flammable firewood to form a large pagoda-shaped building.

Torch, as a venue for events.

In the evening, the host of the festival led the gong and drum team to beat gongs and drums. After hearing the sound of gongs and drums, every family in the village went out to light torches. Men, women, old and young held torches and gathered at the event venue.

After everyone arrived, the host gave an order, and everyone ran towards the pagoda-shaped torch with torches and lit it.

Suddenly the fire was soaring into the sky, and cheers were everywhere. Everyone held small torches around the big torch, danced the "harvest dance", sang harvest songs, sang and danced with enthusiasm.

After the singing and dancing, people from each household walked towards their fields holding torches, holding torchlight parades, all the way to the corners of their fields, to express their desire to eliminate pests, pray for good weather, ensure a good harvest, and protect people.

Ding Ping'an, the wish for the prosperity of the six animals.

The Torch Festival of the Zhijin Yi people is most popular in Songshuping, Santang Town, with thousands of people participating every year.

There is also an orderly monument erected at the event venue to record the formation and continuation of the Torch Festival here.

In recent years, with the improvement of the economic and cultural living standards of the Yi compatriots, the atmosphere of the Torch Festival has become more and more grand year by year. The county ethnic art team used the Torch Festival Harvest Dance as the material to choreograph the Yi dance "Celebrating the Harvest with the Ringing of Bronze Bells"

Participated in provincial and local performances and received favorable reviews.