1. Traditional festivals of the Yi people. The main festivals of the Yi people include the Torch Festival, the Year of the Yi people, the Lord Worshiping Meeting, the Mi Zhi Festival, the Song Dancing Festival, etc. "Torch Festival" is the most common and solemn traditional festival in the Yi area, usually on the 24th or 25th of June in the lunar calendar. Every Torch Festival, Yi men, women and children, dressed in festive costumes, perform animal sacrifices and spirit tablets, dance, sing, race horses and wrestle to their heart's content.

2. In the wedding of the Yi people, after young men and women get engaged, they have to prepare for the wedding banquet. Wedding banquets mostly use pigs and chickens, not mutton. The Yi people in Shiping, southern Yunnan, have the custom of inviting their male and female partners to have dinner and drinks before getting married; the Yi people in western Yunnan, when they marry a girl, they will build a tent with tree branches in the courtyard or dam for guests to drink, smoke, eat, and sit around. , the folk call this kind of temporary shed built with branches a green shed.

3. Carrying the bride. According to Yi family customs, when the bride comes out of the palace, her feet must not touch the ground, otherwise there will be a risk of heirs being born. The young man who receives the bride must carry the bride and help her. Mount your horse. There are also various rules on the way back from the wedding: if the mountains are high and the road is narrow and it is impossible to ride a horse, the young men who pick up the bride must take turns carrying the bride on their backs; when crossing rivers and wading, people must carry them on their backs, and the bride's embroidered shoes must not get wet.

4. Splashing water to receive relatives, the Yi people believe that clear water can drive away evil spirits, send away demons, and bring happiness. Therefore, the Yi people must splash water when they get married. In order to withstand this test, when welcoming the bride, the groom's family must select an unmarried man to pick up the bride. Can complete the arduous task of "stealing" the bride.

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Torch Festival:

The "Torch Festival" is usually held on the night of June 24th to 26th of the lunar calendar. It is a grand event for the Yi people. festival. At that time, cattle and sheep will be killed to sacrifice their ancestors. In some areas, they will also sacrifice to the landowners, feast with each other, eat lumps of meat, and wish for a good harvest.

The Torch Festival generally lasts for three days. On the first day, the whole family gathers together, and in the next two days, various activities such as wrestling, horse racing, bullfighting, boat racing, and tug-of-war are held. Then a grand bonfire party is held and carnival is held all night long.

When night falls, people wave torches and go around villages and villages in groups, across mountains and fields. They sprinkle rosin powder on each other's torches and make torches. The mountains and plains shine like daylight. According to the custom of the Yi people, sprinkling rosin powder on the torch will cause the torch to "bang" with a ball of brilliant sparks and a fragrance, which expresses a good wish.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yi Nationality