1. Torch Festival-Carnival of the Yi people: "Torch Festival" is a grand festival of the Yi people, which is usually held on the evening of June 24th to 26th in the lunar calendar. At that time, cattle and sheep will be killed, and ancestors will be sacrificed. In some areas, landowners will also be sacrificed, and they will feast on each other and eat tuo tuo meat, wishing the whole grain a bumper harvest. Torch Festival is generally celebrated for three days. On the first day, the whole family gets together, and then on the second day, there are colorful activities such as wrestling, horse racing, bullfighting, boat racing and tug-of-war, and then a grand bonfire party is held to party all night.

2. Yi Year

Yi Year is called "Kus" in Yi language, and "Ku" means year and "Si" means new year, which means New Year. It is a traditional festival of sacrifice and celebration for Yi people in Liangshan, Da Xiao. "Kus" is generally selected in October of the lunar calendar, the season when crops are harvested. The year of Yi nationality is 3 days. The first night of the Yi people's year is called "Jueluoji", the first day of the New Year is called "Kusi", the second day is called "Duobo" and the third day is called "Apu Machine".

3. Gongtiao Festival

is the Bow Dance Festival, which is called "Caoqi" in Yi language, which means "Bow Dance" and "Kongzu", which means "Happy, Pray and Bless". Bow jumping festival is the most grand festival of the Yi people living in the border area of Guangxi and Yunnan in Napo County. Although the specific dates of festivals in different villages are different, they are generally held in the first and middle of April of the lunar calendar every year.

The origin of the Festival is said to be that an ancestor led the Yi people to be besieged by the enemy in the mountains and bamboo forests in the battle to defend the territory, and the situation was very critical. Later, they made bows and arrows out of bamboo, fought back and finally won. The triumphant return was warmly celebrated by the people, and over time, it became a custom festival.

4. Supplementary Year Festival

Yi people living in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places will have an annual festival on the 1th and 11th day of the second lunar month after the New Year, which is called "Malong Fire" in Yi language. Among the sacrificial activities, dragon festival is the largest. Dragon festival chose a Dragon Day in the middle of February, March and April, and each village brought a bowl of rice and a small piece of salt, and the old people prepared incense,

collectively sacrificed under the dragon tree; The Yi people in Yunnan chose the first Dragon Day of the first month to hold dragon festival. After the sacrifice, everyone sat on the floor, regardless of age, bringing their own meals and eating meat. It was a large-scale gathering.

5. Dressing Festival

As its name implies, it is a competition of clothes and costumes. This is a festival that fully shows that the Yi people are smart, hardworking and capable. It is also a day to love beauty, beauty pageant and compare beauty. Every year on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the Yi people get together to celebrate the costume festival. Sightseeing at the Yi people's costume festival is a feast for the eyes.

The competition venue is full of colorful clothes, which will surely dazzle you. Yi women are also good at embroidery, not only on clothes, hats and waists, but also on satchels, shoes and insoles with cute and naughty pretty patterns.