1 Maitreya
Time: August 6 ~ August 17.
Fire index: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆.
Speaking of Torch Festival, how can we not talk about Maitreya? Maitreya is the most lively place of the Torch Festival in Honghe Prefecture. There are many Yi people here. Maitreya holds a grand festival every year on June 24th of the lunar calendar. On this day, bullfighting, wrestling, bonfire parties and so on will make you unable to play! Yi people in Yi Xi Township also have a lighting ceremony. Many men and women participated in the ceremony naked in various colors, which was primitive and simple and worth experiencing.
The most lively place of Torch Festival: Honghe Water Town
2. Shilin
Time: August 8.
Fire index: ☆ ☆ ☆.
Shilin, famous for its famous scenic spots in China, is also famous for its rich Yi culture. Torch Festival is a grand festival in Shilin every year, attracting tourists from all over the world to celebrate. The most distinctive feature of Shilin Torch Festival is bullfighting. Bullfighting has a broad mass base in Shilin. In Shilin, every village has a bullring, and there are bullfighting activities every month. During the Torch Festival, you can see the wild confrontation in the bullring: two cows fight, chase and collide with each other. Besides, you can also experience the intangible cultural heritage of Shilin. There are four intangible cultural heritages in Shilin: Ashima narrative poems, Yi people's big three strings, Yi people's wrestling and Sani embroidery.
The most lively place of Torch Festival: Shilin National Stadium
3. Chuxiong
Time: August 7 to August 9.
Fire index: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆.
Chuxiong is one of the two Yi autonomous prefectures in China. There are many things to watch and play in Chuxiong Yi Torch Festival. Bimo held a unified and standardized original ecological fire sacrifice ceremony in six fire sacrifice points in major squares in the city, accompanied by a sacrifice dance performance of the Yi people. Chuxiong local folk song and dance performance team has carried out the exhibition activities of Yi people's big three strings, sheepskin encouragement and bimo in the main square of the city, focusing on displaying Yi people's original ecological dance products; Organize ten thousand people's left foot dance carnival in five squares and Zixi village in the city for three consecutive nights. Around the burning torch, tens of thousands of people's left foot dance and happiness burn with the torch. Is there any reason why we shouldn't throw ourselves into the crowd and party together?
The most lively places of Torch Festival: Chuxiong Yi Ancient Town, Chuxiong Yi October Gregorian Park, Taoyuan Lake, etc.
4. Lijiang
Time: August 8.
Fire index: ☆ ☆ ☆.
Lijiang is romantic city, and the Torch Festival will certainly not be deserted. Lijiang Torch Festival is also called Chinese Valentine's Day. Celebrations usually last for three days, and the Yi, Naxi and Jinuo nationalities are held on June 24th of the lunar calendar. During the day, people kill chickens and sheep and prepare all kinds of delicious food. There are torches made of pine at the door of every household, which are decorated with all kinds of flowers. Activities include bullfighting, cockfighting, wrestling and jumping. As night falls, men and women of all ethnic groups put on festive costumes and light torches symbolizing good luck and avoiding evil spirits, bringing good luck. The more fire, the better luck.
The most lively place of Torch Festival: Lijiang Naxi ancient city, etc.
5. Mount Emei in Yuxi
Time: August 5th to 1 1.
Fire index: ☆ ☆ ☆.
Eshan is the first Yi Autonomous County in China, and the hometown of flower and drum dance of Yi people in China. Torch Festival is the most grand, grand and national festival in Eshan County. The theme of Mount Emei this year is to welcome the Torch Festival, and there will be various activities. In addition to drilling wood for fire, spreading fire, lighting ceremony, etc., various cultural and sports activities will not let everyone down. People will light a large bonfire for entertainment and carnival, and thousands of people will dance with flowers. The Yi people's mountain rhyme song and dance evening, the Yi people's original ecological song and dance performance and the Yi people's traditional cockfighting competition will be staged one after another. Every village in the county lit torches. From the county seat to the villages and towns, the whole Eshan county is dancing with a flaming torch and immersed in the ocean of joy.
The most lively places of Torch Festival: Eshan County, Daxi Mountain, etc.
6. Dali
Time: August 8-9
Fire index: ☆ ☆ ☆.
Torch Festival is also a traditional festival of Bai people. On this day, men, women and children get together to worship their ancestors. Through activities such as torch worship, lighting, lighting torches and jumping torches, I wish crops a bumper harvest and six animals a prosperous life. On the Torch Festival, in the middle of the village square, adults put a 20-meter-high wooden pole on the ground, surrounded by wheat straw and dried bamboo, and tied it into a pile of fire, indicating a bumper harvest with colored barrels. Pears strung together with colored lines were covered with torches. At night, after people lit the fire, they sprinkled handfuls of rosin noodles on the flame from time to time, giving off bursts of fire. There will be a boat race in the village by the sea. As Nanzhao Ancient Capital and Yi and Hui Autonomous County, the Torch Festival in Weishan is more like a mass folk activity, and every household should light their own torches to welcome the festival.