Every year, the lunar calendar falls on June 24th.
Legend of torch festival
A long time ago, there was a Hercules named Sliabi in the sky, and there was a Hercules named Attila on the ground. Both of them are capable of pulling out mountains. One day, Sri Abi was going to wrestle with Attila, and Attila had something urgent to go out. When he left, he asked his mother to entertain Sri Abi with a plate of discus. Sribi thought that since Attila lived on the discus, he must have great strength, so he left soon. After Atila Ba came back, she heard from her mother that Sri Abi had just left, so she ran after him and tried to wrestle with him. As a result, Sri Abi was killed When God Entiguez knew this, he flew into a rage and sent a large number of locusts and moths to eat the crops on the ground. On the night of June 24th in the lunar calendar, Attila cut down many branches of pine trees and wild Artemisia, tied them into torches, led people to light torches and burn insects in the fields. Since then, the Yi people have designated this day as the Torch Festival.
(2) Songkran Festival _ Dai people
Mid-April in the solar calendar
Legend of the Water-splashing Festival
Legend 1: Legend of Dai people in Xishuangbanna: In ancient times, there was a demon king who did many evils. People hated him deeply and tried every means to kill him. Later, the devil took seven girls as his wives. The clever seven girls learned his fatal weakness from the devil's mouth, that is, strangling the devil with his hair to kill him. Seven girls pulled out the devil's hair while he was sleeping. Strangled, the devil's head rolled down. But as soon as the head landed, the ground caught fire, and as soon as the girl picked up her head, the fire went out. In order not to catch fire, she and her six sisters take turns to hold the devil's head and change it once a year. When people change people every year, people throw water on the girl who holds the head, washing away the blood stains on her body, washing away her fatigue for one year, and praying for the new year to eliminate disasters and difficulties. Since then, the Songkran Festival has been formed.
Legend 2: According to legend, a long time ago, A Dai village near Jinsha River lived in the depths of a dense forest. Because the forest is on fire, the villagers are in danger of being swallowed up by the fire. Li Liang, a native of A Dai, rushed out of the fire net to protect his village, picked buckets of water from the Jinsha River and threw a mountain fire. After a day and a night of hard work, the mountain fire was finally put out and the villagers were saved. Li Liang is sweating and thirsty. The villagers called Qingshui to quench Li Liang's thirst, but drinking 99 barrels of water could not quench his thirst. Later, Li Liang jumped into the river, became a dragon, and went along the river. Some people say that he has become a big tree. To commemorate Li Liang, every year on the third day of the third lunar month, Dai people clean every household, sprinkle pine leaves, and build a half-mile-long green shed along selected rivers or wells. The shed is covered with thick pine needles, and there are water tanks filled with water on both sides. At noon, when the sun is at the top, everyone goes under the shed and sprays pine branches on each other to express their memory of Li Liang and their wishes for the New Year. This activity has continued to this day and has become a festival for the Dai people to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year-the Water-splashing Festival.
Legend 3: In ancient times, there was a demon named Peng Ma Da Zha who did whatever he wanted against the will of the gods, causing the world to suffer from rain and drought, regardless of hot and cold, seedling death and human and animal suffering. How to punish this demon? Ying Da, a wise SHEN WOO, had a plan, that is, he dressed up as a handsome young man, approached the seven daughters who were holding Madian Dalachai and told them the truth. These seven girls are kind-hearted and full of resentment against their father's sins. At this point, they are determined to kill their father and save the world. One day, they finally discovered the "secret" of their father's life and death, took the opportunity to get him drunk, quietly pulled out one of his hairs, made a bow (that is, a bow made of heartstrings), and broke the devil's head. However, the head that fell to the ground turned into a new disaster. In a short time, evil fire raged, bamboo buildings were burned and crops were burned. Seven girls spun the devil's arm until it rotted. Every time they take turns to bring clean water, spill it on each other and remove the dirt. Seven Sisters's brave actions and achievements of putting righteousness above family interests have been warmly praised by people all over the world. Deep nostalgia turned into permanent respect. In order to commemorate the publication of Mahabharata's method of rebuilding the wind, rain and heat, people set the day when Madian Dalaza's head was rotted by the devil as the day of splashing water. On this day, after bathing in the Buddha, people splash water on each other and wish each other good luck, well-being and long-term happiness.
(3) the third day of March of the Li nationality
On the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar
"March 3" has a long history, and there are records related to "March 3" in the history books of Song Dynasty. Song Fan Chengda's "Return to the Sea and Zhi Heng" says: "In spring, there will be a swing party, and the men and women next door will come dressed up, holding hands and singing and answering, which is called a play." Since ancient times, every year on the third day of the third lunar month, Li people will wear festive costumes, carry rice wine and bamboo fragrant rice, gather together from all directions, or worship their ancestors, or sing and dance in groups of three or five, and play musical instruments to celebrate the festival. Young men and women will even party until dawn. There are many explanations about the origin of March 3rd.
The first argument is that in the ancient flood period, the Li people living in Changhua River suffered a severe flood, and both human and animal died, leaving only a pair of brothers and sisters named He Nanyin. When the two brothers and sisters grow up, they decide to find their own partners and meet again at the foot of Bird's Nest Mountain on March 3rd every year. As a result, both of them failed in recent years. Seeing that no one else could be found, my sister reluctantly tattooed her face with a bamboo stick and dyed it with plants to prevent her brother from recognizing herself, so as to get married and continue the competition. So, on March 3rd of one year, they got married at the base of Yanwoling, where they spun and woven, gave birth to children, cultivated land, dug ponds and raised fish, and produced offspring for the Li nationality. This is also the legend of the origin of the "March 3" festival and tattoos of the Li nationality. Since then, Nanyin and Mrs. Tian Fei and their descendants will come back here to welcome the arrival of spring on March 3rd every year. Many years later, Tian Fei and Nanyin slept in a cave and became a pair of stones. In order to commemorate the achievements of the two brothers and sisters, the descendants of the Li nationality named this cave Mother Cave.
On March 3rd every year, Li people, men, women and children, bring glutinous rice, cakes, zongzi and rice wine from all directions to commemorate their ancestors, and pray for the prosperity and happiness of their nation by singing and dancing. Later, on March 3rd every year, the working people of Li nationality commemorated this auspicious day in various ways. March 3 will naturally become a grand festival for the Li family.
According to the second theory, it is said that a long time ago, there was an evil crow spirit in the cave, which made it impossible for the Lebanese people to live and work in peace and contentment. One day, the crow caught the beautiful girl Li and Luo Cha. On March 3rd this year, Gui, my mother's sweetheart, went up the mountain with a sharp knife and a bow to save her, and was killed by the crow essence. The Russian mother was very sad when she heard the news, and finally killed the crow essence while it was sleeping, revenged for Agui, and saved the Li people from great harm. My mother has never been married. Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, she goes to Hubei Xiandong to sing her love songs when she was in love with Agui. Later, in memory of her, the Li people named this cave Erniang Cave (Changjiang). On March 3 every year, unmarried young men and women of the nearby Li nationality gather in Goose Fairy Ridge, singing love songs and looking for their Prince Charming. This activity has expanded year by year, spreading to various Li inhabited areas in Hainan, forming a grand traditional festival for Li people in Hainan.
There is also a saying that March 3 is a festival to commemorate the birth of the ancient ancestor "Li Mu" of the Li nationality and celebrate the happiness and prosperity of the Li people.