Zhaotong Yi ancient books

When it comes to the history of Yi language, we have to mention the origin of Yi language, which has not been determined by scholars so far. Yi nationality is the sixth largest minority in China, and its national language is Yi language, which belongs to the Yi branch of Tibeto-Burman language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. There are six dialects in North, East, South, Southeast, West and China, including five sub-dialects and twenty-five dialects. Yi people are mainly distributed between the plateaus and coastal hills in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces, and mainly gather in Chuxiong, Honghe, Liangshan, Bijie, Liupanshui and Anshun. Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture is the largest Yi inhabited area in China. Before the founding of New China, the Yi people had many branches due to different regions and dialects, and there were many different other names and self-names. Other main names are Yi, Black Yi, Bai Yi, Hong Yi, Gan Yi, Huayao and Micha. After the founding of New China, according to the consent of the broad masses of Yi people, Ding Yi's "Yi" was adopted as the unified national name. There are many legends about the origin of Yi characters. According to the records in the ancient books and records of the Yi language, there is a saying that "the creation of ancestors, the invention of the origin of heaven and earth, and the creation of hieroglyphics in the Yi language" (Yi Zhi in Southwest Guizhou). Another article in the ancient books also records that the Yi language was created by a man named Yi Awu, who is said to be well versed in astronomy and geography and extremely clever. In addition, according to China literature, the Yi language in the new edition of Yunnan Tongzhi was created by Tang Ake, a native of Han Dynasty. Yi nationality is one of the nationalities with a long history and rich traditional culture, and has its own writing-Yi language. Yi language has a long history and is a unique and well-developed traditional language. First of all, the Yi language is characterized by having a variety of carrier forms, voluminous and rich documents. Yi language refers to the characters used by Yi people in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, also known as "Yi language" and "Shu book". Many books in Ming and Qing dynasties said that this writing was like tadpoles, and the letter was 1840. According to folklore, Yi language has a very long history, but the most prosperous period began after the Ming Dynasty. The carrier forms of Yi literature circulating and remaining in Yi areas are mainly rock books, cloth books, leather books, paper books, tile books, wooden calves, bamboo slips, bone carvings, wood carvings, epigraphy and seals, and most of them are paper books. Judging from the copying time of paper and a few manuscripts, most Yi documents were formed in Ming and Qing Dynasties. However, it does not mean that all Yi documents were first written in Ming and Qing Dynasties. In addition to the continued genealogy, some stone inscriptions and the translation of Chinese ancient books, most of the Yi ancient books, especially the ancient books traditionally used by Bimo (the master of sacrifice) of the Yi people, were copied from the original non-paper books into paper books according to the content and format handed down from generation to generation, that is, most of the Yi literature was written long before the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The existing documents in the Yi language include the Yi language and rock script in the original rock painting combination map in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province more than 3,000 years ago, the bronze seal of the Yi language in Zhaotong, Yunnan Province in the Western Han Dynasty (Tang Langyin), the Tuoazhe Jigong Monument in Guizhou in the Shu and Han Dynasties, and the Lanlonghe Monument in the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1259). In the history of the Yi nationality, the literature of the Yi nationality has been closely associated with the ruthless destruction of natural and man-made disasters, especially the burning, but it is rooted in the tenacious self-consciousness of the Chinese nation and eventually "will be extinguished by endless wildfires". According to rough statistics, there are about 12000 kinds of documents in Yi language, except for more than 260 kinds of stone carvings in Guizhou and more than 700 kinds in Yunnan. The number of papers and books collected by relevant domestic departments and countries such as Britain, France, the United States and Germany is about 12000, and there are still more than 5000 books in Yi folk. According to the ancient records of Yi people, in primitive times, Yi people once had totem worship, believing that human beings were related to animals and plants. At present, there are still a large number of totem worship relics in Yi society, mainly including bamboo worship, gourd worship, pine worship, millet worship, animal worship and so on. Many villages in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan have their own "sacred trees" and "sacred forests". A Yi people who call themselves "Luoluo" in Ailao Mountain in Yunnan regard tigers as their ancestors, and "Luoluo" means "Tiger Tiger" in their language. Each family presents a portrait of their ancestors, called "Neromo", which means "the ancestor of the tigress". The ancient Yi language is still popular among Yi people, and it is a primitive ancient language. The contents of Yi language classics cover a wide range, including astronomy, geography, politics, economy, military affairs, medicine, arithmetic, topography, geomorphology, biology, agriculture and animal husbandry, etc. They also contain a lot of production and life skills and wisdom, which are the experience summary and scientific crystallization of the Yi people's development and utilization of local natural resources. Content sources: Colorful Guizhou Network, Guizhou Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee, China Easy Network, etc.