:2022 July 18-August 18 1, 2022 specific time
2, which famous ethnic group
Flower Face Festival is the Yi ethnic group.
3, the origin of the Flower Face Festival
The Flower Face Festival is the grandest traditional festival of the Qubei Yi people in Yunnan. The Qubei Yi people set the first Snake Day or Pig Day of the second month of the lunar calendar as the starting day of the "Flower Face Festival". In ancient times, people used pot smoke to wipe their faces and drive away evil spirits. The "Flower Face Festival" has been developed into a carnival for the contemporary Yi youth to choose the one they want to be with by wiping their faces.
4. What is wiped at the Flower Face Festival
The Flower Face Festival used to be wiped with pot smoke, but now it has slowly developed into black ash made from local herbs and spices.
From 2010 to 2010, the festival is held every year, which is more lively than the Spring Festival, and also organizes recreational activities such as wrestling, playing tripod, wrapping eggs, singing mountain songs, dancing with strings and wiping each other's faces with pot ash.
At this time of the year, young men and women in Yi villages chase each other, grabbing ashes from pots and pans and wiping each other's faces. The darker they are smeared, the deeper their feelings become. If you don't want to get involved with each other, try to avoid it and don't let the other person smear soot on you as a way of rejecting their advances.
Over time, the ingredients used to wipe their faces have now been replaced with black ash made from local herbs and spices, and tens of thousands of people take part in the face rubbing every year. The locals are convinced that the darker their faces are wiped by others, the more auspicious and happy they will be.
During the festival, Bimo (a Yi ritual teacher) leads the whole village in an event to honor the mountain gods. Then, every family slaughters chickens and goats and hosts a banquet to welcome guests from afar. Young men and women wipe each other's faces with pot ashes by the river at the head of the village. The darker one's face is wiped, the more good luck and happiness will come to that person, the better their crops will grow, and their wishes will come true. The highlight of the event is when people wipe each other's faces with pot ashes and wish each other good luck and happiness. Every year, it attracts tens of thousands of people to indulge in a lively carnival.