The legend of "Torch Festival" is widely circulated among all ethnic groups in Yunnan and influenced by different colors of all ethnic groups. The Torch Festival is recorded in detail in the history books. The fifteenth volume of Notes on Places of Interest in Central Sichuan quotes Kaoyi as saying: "People and customs regard June 24th as the Torch Festival every year, and strive to raise the torch to make wild work ..." Li Yuanyang, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, said in Yunnan Tongzhi: "On June 25th, Shu Songming was the torch, taking care of the field seedlings, and taking fire as agriculture." The second volume of "Five Miscellaneous Stories: Star Festival" says: "The day of the festival is evening. Every household burns trees at the same time, and the room is full of seclusion, mumbling poor words, while farmers hold fire to pray for the new year, graze and fish, and seek profit in the light. " It can be seen that "Torch Festival" is originally a prayer for the New Year. In Nanzhao, the festival has added new content, from reflecting the struggle between man and nature to reflecting the social struggle. "Remember Classics" contains: "Zhang Jiancheng, the prime minister of Nanzhao, began to serve five imperial edicts." He also said: "Queiroz Party (that is, Pirotin) sent a letter to Wu Ping, which had a great influence." Next, he wrote down the story of gedian Phoenix building a city, saying: "Deng Chuandong Shili, his wife's name is charity, and Gu Fu was killed, and charity built a negative. King Shenwu (that is, Ge Luofeng) wanted his wife, but charity insisted and vowed:' A woman can't have more than two husbands!' It is impossible to defend the city and attack the city with the king. Charity Pawn, Wang Jiaqi Festival, titled An Deyu City, also restored it. "Since then, people have celebrated Torch Festival every year to commemorate charitable wives.
The folklore of Torch Festival varies from country to country.
According to the Bai Torch Festival, there was a man named Bobang in ancient times. Because he was eager to save people's hearts, he forgot Guanyin's advice of "planting grains first, then planting trees". As he walked, he took back the grain and tree species together. As a result, his path was blocked by layers of dense forests and he couldn't go back. After that, on June 25th every year, people lit torches to look for beneficiaries. The torch festival came from this.
The origin of the torch festival of Naxi people said that there was a god named Zilaoapu who was playing by the Milky Way one day when he suddenly heard the sound of folk songs and dances. He looked down and saw that life on earth was beautiful and angry, so he sent a day to burn the earth on earth. This day will come to the earth and see that people are hardworking and kind and can't bear to destroy the earth. He told Naxi people to prepare torches and light them all on June 25th. On this day, old Apu went to the Milky Way to check, and sure enough, there were fires all over the mountain, thinking that the earth was destroyed. Naxi people avoided a disaster, and from then on, June 25th became the torch festival of Naxi people every year.
The Yi Torch Festival tells the story that Sribi, a Hercules in the sky, wanted to compete with Attila, a Hercules on the ground, and as a result, the Hercules in the sky was defeated and fell to his death. The gods were furious and sent a large number of locusts to eat the crops on the ground. Hercules on the ground led everyone to cut down many pine branches, lit torches on the evening of June 24, burned all the locusts to death, and saved the crops.
All ethnic groups in Yi nationality have kept the custom of Torch Festival. On June 24th of the lunar calendar, every household kills chickens and sheep, and cooks and takes off the meat to worship their ancestors. People gathered on the mountain to play with torches, bullfighting, wrestling and duet. It was not until June 29th that the torch was issued.
In addition, the legends around Mibeizha of Hani nationality and Three Souls of Bai nationality are also vivid, reflecting the ethics of the two nationalities.
Beizhizha is the most common and grand festival of Hani people, also called October Festival. This festival starts from the first dragon day in October of the lunar calendar every year and lasts for three to five days. At that time, the Hani people will kill pigs and chickens, make glutinous rice and brew fragrant rice wine, and men, women and children will put on festive costumes and propose marriage in villages.
Bai people's "Wandering Three Souls" is a festival legend to commemorate heroes.
The traditional "Around the Three Spirits" is held every year in late April of the lunar calendar, lasting for three or four days, starting from 234. At that time, people dressed in costumes and playing musical instruments walked along the foot of Cangshan Mountain, bypassing Chongsheng Temple, the Buddhist capital, and arrived at Shengyuan Temple, the "God Capital" in Xizhou on the 25th. The next day, people marched along Erhai Lake, passed the main temple of Lingdi, and finally arrived at the main temple of Baojing Difei. After the sacrifice, the teams of "Around the Three Souls" returned separately.
"Around the Three Souls" originated from the primitive clan "She" and is a primitive religious activity in Korean society. In Nanzhao period, new contents were added. Legend has it that during Nanzhao period, the general Duan Zong practiced benevolent policies and led troops to fight against the aggression of the lion country, which was deeply loved by the people. After Duan Zong's death, people regarded him as a "god among gods" and built his main temple in Dali City (now Xizhou), which is called "the capital of gods". In order to remember him, people came from various villages to pay homage to Duan Zong, holding a pestle and a willow branch with white cloth in their hands, and a water purification bowl was hung on the branch. Since then, this activity has formed a unique festival custom of the Bai people.
Legends in Southwest China are famous for their scenic legends, which are the most beautiful and acceptable textbooks in the region. Wang Fuyun by Bai people skillfully combines the tragedy of human love with natural scenery; Yi Shilin explained the origin of Shilin in a fantastic way. Legends such as The Origin of Nu River by Lisu people, Twelve Brothers of Jinsha River and Yulong Mountain by Naxi people connect the personality of the river with the personality of people by anthropomorphic methods, which makes the legends full of legends. In a word, the beautiful scenery, bright moon and white clouds in Southwest China are mostly shaped by the intelligent nationalities here, and they are colored according to their classes, creating beautiful legends. Through this legend, people of all ethnic groups in this area express their love for their hometown and land.