Mainly the Bai and Yi ethnic groups are prevalent festivals, is a kind of wishing for a bumper harvest, people and animals to prosper the festivities. Torch Festival has a long history, early records: the Bai torch festival is the lunar calendar June 25, Yi torch festival is the lunar calendar June 24th. During the festival, different regions have different ceremonies and amusement methods. Bai and Yi, a torch should be erected in front of the house, the village should be erected at the entrance of a high 15 meters or so of the big torch, flowers and fruits, at night, men, women and children converge on the square, lit torches, singing around the fire, but also with the candlelight powder sprinkled with torches, the atmosphere is joyful, lively, the girls should be colorful bracelets line baked on the fire to eliminate the evil; just married guys, when the torch burns! "open bucket" dusted down, will swarm, grab its "open bucket" on the simulation of the knife, go, in order to get your son early; Torch Festival night, the family also prepared a small torch, manpower a column, people holding up torches, peer fields, some also ride a horse to raise the torch Mercedes, the far away from the formation of a curved line of torches, the fire, the fire, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch. From a distance to form a curved fire dragon, the scene is extremely spectacular. This night, often sleepless all night.
(White Lord Festival)
"The Lord" means "the realm, the family of the Lord of the blessing", is the unique religious beliefs of the Bai people. Villagers, regardless of promotion, affliction, illness, birth and parenthood are to go to the main temple to pray for blessings. Villages of the Bai people believe in the Lord of the gods, martyrs and chaste women, filial piety and loyalty have built the Lord of the temple. The temple is magnificent, and the statue of the Lord is superbly sculpted and beautifully modeled. Whenever the birth anniversary of the Lord, we have to kill pigs and slaughter sheep, held a grand festival activities, called the "Lord Festival". The main festival is very grand, there is a complete set of sacrificial rituals, accompanied by pleasant music and folk song and dance performances, forming a unique culture of the Lord of the Bai people region.
(March Street Ethnic Festival)
"March Street" is also called "Guanyin City". Legend has it that during the reign of Emperor Yonghui of the Tang Dynasty, Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, came to Dali to preach in the white language, and the more the audience gathered, the more the bazaar was formed. Because Dali is the southern Silk Road, an important port of commerce, so the March Street commodity economy is increasingly developed, and gradually evolved into a strong ethnic characteristics of the rally.
Every year from March 15 to 21 on the lunar calendar, is the Dali March Street session, and since 1991 as the Dali Prefecture Ethnic Festival, so called "March Street Ethnic Festival". At that time, in the ancient city of dali west cangshan mountain in and peak foothills held a grand rally, western yunnan ethnic minorities, and even all over the country merchants gathered, Chinese and foreign tourists flocked to, where livestock, medicinal herbs, tea, copper and other specialty products material trade fairs and arts and sports event, unprecedented scale, such as the flow of people. Riders by the corner of the skill, singing like the sea, really a good show. "Once a year, March Street, from all directions. People of all nationalities sing, horse racing and singing to do business", this is the "March Street" lively, cheerful scene of the real portrayal.
(Butterfly Club)
Butterfly Club location in the Butterfly Spring, the time for the 15th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar. Legend has it that it is a traditional event held for the Bai people to commemorate the Xia Lang and Wen Gu who threw themselves into the spring to fight against the feudal marriage.
(Pumi Pilgrimage Festival)
The Pumi Pilgrimage Festival takes place between the first and fifteenth day of the first lunar month. People dress up in costumes and go to nearby mountains on horseback or on foot to celebrate the festival. In addition to the worship of the mountain gods, there are horse racing, wrestling, archery and other recreational activities. After the picnic, another road is chosen to go down the mountain, not returning to the original road, in order to signify the resignation of the old and welcome the new, good luck in the coming year.
(Lisu broad time festival)
broad time festival lisu traditional festival, also known as the "welcome to the new festival", held on November 20 every year in the lunar calendar, during the festival, the families like to use pine branches decorated with the front of the house, the whole village young and old like to blow the gourd sheng around together, jump welcome to the new dance, sing welcome to the new song, and hold a grand ceremony to send the soul, the soul of the new festival, and the new festival, and the new festival. A grand ceremony is held to send away the bad spirits of the past year. The festivals are lively and colorful, with rich and colorful flavors, such as playing and dancing to songs and archery competitions.
(Naxi stick festival)
The first month of the lunar calendar on the fifteenth day, is the Naxi traditional festival "stick festival", the most characteristic is the exchange of bamboo and wood farming tools during the festival, the nearby rural masses and vendors set up stalls in the farmers' market. This is a bamboo, wood and iron agricultural tools exchange event, a variety of lively and unusual. Farmers from neighboring counties, and even farmers and merchants from Dali, Baoshan, and Tibet, carry local specialties to the gathering to sell and then buy the needed items, while farmers in the Lijiang area also buy farming tools and needed supplies for the preparation of spring plowing.
(Naxi mules and horses)
Mules and horses will be Lijiang Naxi traditional folk festival, held in the middle of the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year, will be one week to trade mules, horses, cows, goats and other livestock, but also exchanges of local products. Dali, jianchuan, heqing, zhongdian, yongsheng and other areas of the farmers come to buy mules and horses and lijiang copper, listed mules and horses tens of thousands of head. Will also hold a variety of entertainment activities, horse racing, theater is the most popular festival content.
(Buddhist festivals)
Dai in June of the Bathing Buddha Festival, is the Dai New Year, outsiders called "Water Festival.
The "Mawasa" (September 15, Dai calendar) and "Wolwasa" (December 15, Dai calendar), that is, "closed the door festival" and "open the door to the festival! The "Closed Door Festival" and "Open Door Festival" are held on December 15 of the Dai calendar. The whole 3 months is the period of purification and fasting.
Fine, that is, giving. Is the faithful to the temple monks donation activities. There are numerous festivals, fine at least 7 times or more in a year.
"Milligan", that is, taboo days, time in the Dai calendar in February.
"Podpa", i.e., the ascension of monks.
"Trace Pawwa", i.e., sacrifice to Buddha Mountain.
"Songsangka", time the Dai calendar, May 15, for the bhikkhu assembly day.
"Sowing Dong", that is, the erection of the flagpole.
"Kiguangluo", i.e., burning white piles of firewood to congratulate Pazhao on his ascension to heaven.
(Taliou Poa Festival)
Taliou people living in Yongsheng Liude Township, but not the Torch Festival, but the "Poa Festival".
On the morning of June 24th of the lunar calendar, women get up early and start to spring sticky fire poop. Each family must have a plate, each plate twelve poi, the bottom one of the largest, the top one of the smallest, built into a tower. After breakfast, each family carries their own poi and dances along with the gourd sheng and drum bands as they pass through the mountain gate and walk up to the altar of dedication to worship the gods and ancestors. After the sacrifice, everyone dances joyfully with the gourd sheng, and burns firewood to barbecue the poi for Chinese food. The young men and women here take this opportunity to sing songs to each other and look for their sweethearts.
(Naxi Three Duo Festival)
Naxi traditional festival, held on the eighth day of the second month of the lunar calendar every year in Beiyue Temple. This is the Naxi sacrifice to the protection of the nation's God "three dozen" and held a grand festival, in addition to the Beiyue Temple to hold festivals, the Naxi people are to be held in their own homes to hold a grand sacrifice to the "three dozen" ceremony. During the festival, the Naxi people also held many top recreational activities, but also like to picnic in the field during this period, to carry out a variety of exchange activities.
(Bai playing song festival)
Playing song is the phonetic translation of the white language, that is, the game, play, entertainment means. When playing songs, people in the center of the song burning a bunch of bonfires, singers divided into A, B two parties. Two parties led by a person, ring fire "step" song. Singers each end of a bowl of water or roasted tea, "playing" a section of the song group, drink a mouthful of tea or wine, and continue to ring the fire tread song.
The White People's Song Festival is held on the eighth day of the second month of the lunar calendar every year. Everyone goes to Dayao and Shuangjiang to collect azaleas and insert them everywhere, and young men and women dress up and dance the "Left Foot Dance".
(New Rice Festival)
Kinuo compatriots will hold the "New Rice Festival" in October every year to celebrate the debut of the new grain. The Brown people's festivals are similar to those of the Dai people, and the most important one is the "New Tasting Festival" in June of the lunar calendar. Mainly to celebrate the debut of the new rice, in addition to building a new house, marriage, the Brown men and women are singing and dancing, held carnival activities.
(Bai March Street)
Bai March Street in the lunar calendar every year, held on the 15th of March, to the end of the 21st, lasted 7 days. March Street for Western Yunnan's grandest and largest tourism festival activities, the number of millions. Its activities are mainly horse racing, dragon boat racing, singing and dancing, material exchanges.
(Mosuo turn mountain festival)
July 25 of the lunar calendar, the Mosuo people will be dressed in full costume, or riding or walking, to go on a pilgrimage to worship the Lugu Lake lion mountain (also known as Gem Mountain). Lion mountain is the incarnation of the female goddess. Ge mother God is the highest protection of the Mosuo daughter country. People go to the mountain to burn incense and kowtow, hanging colorful scriptures, offerings, praying for Goddess blessing. In between, there are large-scale horse racing, wrestling, singing and other activities and picnics, young men and women take the opportunity to make friends with Asha.
(Miao Catch Autumn Festival)
Miao bullfighting is held on the day of the annual autumn, so it is also known as "Catch Autumn Festival". The bullfighting competition is usually held in neighboring Miao villages on a rotating basis.
Then, people have dressed in festive costumes, singing songs, playing the reed-sheng, holding their own fat and strong bull to the field. The bullfighting competition is tense and exciting, the beginning of the many bullfighting bulls challenge each other to drive away the loser; the winner and continue to fight, until the final pair of decisions. After a fight to the death, the final winner of the stand in the middle, the hero is incomparable. The host puts a red flower on it, and the owner leads it around the arena.
(Yi Torch Festival)
The traditional Yi Torch Festival is held on the 24th day of the 6th lunar month every year. Before the festival, each family prepares sumptuous food, and during the festival, they gather together, sing songs and drink freely. During the day, activities such as torch lighting, wrestling, bullfighting, singing and dancing are held. At night, they light torches and march in groups around the village, on the ground, and on the mountain ridges.
From a distance, the fire dragons reflect the sky, winding and undulating, very moving. Finally, people gathered in the square, many torches piled up into a fire tower, flames, people in a circle, singing and dancing, a joyful.
(Lisu Knife and Pole Festival)
The Lisu Knife and Pole Festival is held on the seventh day of February every year. After nightfall, people light bonfires, sing and dance. After the bonfire burns out, forming a red fire, at this time, a number of strong young people drink wine, barefoot into the fire, which is the famous "under the sea of fire".
The next day at noon, people on the lawn erected a tree pole about 15 meters high, above the edge of the mouth to the sky, horizontally tied to the 36 sharp knife, 5 under the "sea of fire" of the youth, climbed to the top.
"Under the sea of fire", "on the mountain of knives", fully demonstrated the Lisu youth's bravery, strong and tough.
(Olive Dam "Water Festival")
From Jinghong along the Lancang River and down about 40 kilometers, where the river is clear, green forests, peacocks, warblers singing, a tropical scenery, Dai Buddhist temples and bamboo buildings set against each other, for a show of colorful and distinctive natural Ching Ming Festival after the April 13-15 calendar date! Dai New Year, commonly known as the "Water Festival", the nearby villages and villages of the masses gathered here, pouring water on each other, bathing Buddha rowing dragon boat, jumping elephant foot drum dance, *** wishing people a good year.
(Lijiang area festivals)
Lijiang area because of the many ethnic groups, festivals are colorful. On the eighth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, there is the "Sanduo Festival", on the fifteenth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar there is the "Bangbang Festival", and on the twenty-eighth day of the second month of the lunar calendar there is the "See Dan Festival", and on the third day of the lunar calendar there is the "Longyu Miaoli Festival". "Longyu Temple Fair" in March, "Torch Festival" in June, "Mule and Horse Exchange Fair" in July, "Pilgrimage Festival" on July 25, etc. "The festival is held in June, July, and July 25th.
(Dai New Year)
The annual "Water Festival" is the new year for the Dai people to send the old to welcome the new, to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings, and it is also the most solemn and lively festival of the Dai people in a year. "The festival is held in mid-April every year, and is generally scheduled from April 13 to 15 of the Gregorian calendar.
"Water Festival" activities are organized for three days. The first day of the Lancang River Dragon Boat Race, starting at 1:00 p.m., at the riverside park, the audience reached more than 100,000 people. The dragon boat race is divided into men's and women's teams. Watching the women's team racing dragon boat has the most ethnic characteristics, the women's team is composed of all Dai women, brightly colored costumes and the rapid sailing of the dragon boat coupled with the Dai women's shouts of support, for the Lancang River to add a bright scenery. In the evening, fireworks, high altitude and lanterns are set off along the Lancang River.
The second day is the Jinghong city-wide water-splashing carnival, where foreign tourists, especially young women, are often the target of splashing. The third day is the Catch Pendulum, which takes place in Manxiang (Chunhuan) Park, with activities such as bag-throwing, folk songs and dances, and displays of ethnic flavors. "Water Festival" during the state gymnasium and Banna National Culture Park also held a pile of sand, cockfighting, plagiarism, as well as Dai, Brown, Kino, Hani, Lakou, Wa and other national customs show a series of activities.