To warmly and peacefully, unity and integration, healthy and thrifty, safe and orderly celebrations, and to create a good atmosphere in the town of all the people of all ethnic groups *** with the unity of struggle, *** with the prosperity of the good atmosphere of the development of the town, by the town party committee, the government decided to hold the Panxi Town, the 2016 Yi Torch Festival activities.
The time, content and location of the event are as follows:
13:00-13:30, Opening Ceremony (Dalongtan Square);
13:30-16:30, Yi Song and Dance Performance (Dalongtan Square);
17:00-19:00, Yi Long Street Feast (Wande Turnip Village, Fangna Community);
17:00 -19:00, Yi Family Toast (Wan De Turnip Village, Fangna Community);
19:30-21:00, Bonfire Party (Dalongtan Square).
The torch festival is called "Duo" or "Duochu" in the ancient Yi language of the Liangshan Yi people, which later evolved into "Duo". "Duo" and "are" are "fire" meaning, "the" is the original meaning of the The original meaning of "者" is "compensation", but over the centuries, the Yi torch festival has extended the meaning of "者" to "festival". It specifically refers to the traditional festival of the Yi people, the Torch Festival.
The custom of the Torch Festival originated from the primitive worship of fire and the victory over nature of the Yi ancestors, and still carries a strong religious color and the national spirit of bravery and martial arts. Historical legends and written records of fire and farming civilization show that it arose in the ancient times when the Yi society passed the primitive period and entered the farming society.
One, the torch festival origin of the legend
Legends of a long time ago, a summer, the god of the sky en body Guzi sent Sjak Abi now on earth to collect rent, when the green and yellow, the people where there is no food to pay the rent to pay the debt, the Sjak Abi's behavior provoked the earth's hero Heti Raba, who decided to wrestle with Sjak Abi match, to win the opportunity to free to pay the rent and debt.
That day, Heti Laba design, let the ama take "discus copper cake" to entertain the Sjak Abbey, he ran away to hide in the hollow tree, was Heti Laba caught up with the big tree and fell to death, the gods of the sky in order to retaliate against the earth, put the "heavenly bugs" to eat all the crops on the ground, the gods of the sky to take revenge on the earth. On this day, Heti Raba, led the people to burn torches burned out "sky bugs", and won the victory against the sky. Since then, people to celebrate this victory, will be in the lunar calendar every year on the 24th of June this day lit torches, singing and dancing. Over time, the festival has been passed down from generation to generation, forming the Torch Festival of today.
Second, the color of the fire to occupy the farm, pray for a good harvest
The color of the fire to occupy the farm, pray for a good harvest is one of the main contents of the torch festival. In this regard, more ancient records, Ming Li Zhongxi "Yunnan Tongzhi" contains: "June 25, picking pine Ming for the torch, light the fields and acres, to fire color accounted for agriculture." Qing Wu Daxun "Diannan wenxian" cloud: "June 25, the townspeople gather torch festival in the field, and to grass poles burned to pray for a good year. Liangshan Yi raise torches in the house and crops around the field, the mouth read: burn all the sources of inauspicious, the whole family peace, the five grains, six animals thrive ......