The customs of Torch Festival include welcoming fire, spreading fire and delivering fire.

The first day is to greet the fire, also known as offering sacrifices to the fire. In Yi language, it means "Duzai". On this day, the Yi people will kill cattle and sheep, and greet Vulcan with wine and meat. Women make buckwheat buns, noodles and other delicious foods, and people who go out will go home and sit around the fireplace to drink and eat tuo tuo meat * * * with the joy and happiness of reunion. The next day is the spread of fire, which is called "Duge" in Yi language, meaning to praise and praise fire.

In the early morning, the Yi people dressed up in costumes, brought with them delicious food such as Tuotuo meat and buckwheat buns, and gathered under the sacred fire of the altar to participate in horse racing, wrestling, singing, beauty pageant, pole climbing, shooting, bullfighting, sheep fighting, chicken fighting and other activities. The third day is to send fire, which means "Duoha" or "Dusha" in Yi language, which is the end of the whole Torch Festival. As night falls, people worship Vulcan, light torches after dinner, and gather together one after another to set up a fire altar and hold a ceremony to send fire.

Myth and legend of Torch Festival

According to legend, a long time ago, there were two Hercules between heaven and earth. The one in the sky was called Sryabi, and the one on the ground was called Athiba. One day, Sri Abi wanted to wrestle with Athilaba, but Athilaba had something to go out. He told his mother to treat Sri Abi with discus. Sri Abi thought that Athilaba had great strength for eating discus, so he left. When Athilaba came home, he knew that Sri Abi had just left, so he went out to catch up with him and had a wrestling match with him. As a result, Sri Abi was killed.

The god Entiguzi was angry when he learned this, so he sent a large number of locusts to destroy crops on the ground. On the night of June 24th of the lunar calendar, Atilaba cut pine branches and wild Artemisia branches into torches, and led people to light them in the fields to burn insects, thus protecting crops. Since then, the Yi people have designated this day as Torch Festival.