What are the activities of 2022 Yunnan Yuxi Xinping Torch Festival?

The annual Yi Torch Festival in Xinping County will start on July 22nd and end on July 25th. During this period, there are many souvenirs, such as traditional food, torch festival bonfires, ethnic specialties and so on. So what events will be held in 2022 Yunnan Yuxi Xinping Torch Festival?

Collecting Fire: 15:00-16:30 on July 22, 2022

Activities: Amidst the dances and shouts of the Mopi Drum and Flower Team, the Yi Dabimo will hold the ancient ceremony of drilling wood to make a fire on the Mopan Mountain Beacon.

Fire Lighting Ceremony: 20:00 on July 22, 2022

Activity: The fire retrieved from the Mopan Mountain Beacon Fire Station will be passed on to the Nationalities Square, where the sacred fire of the homeland will be ignited after the Yi Dabimo performs a traditional blessing ceremony.

Torch Festival for All Ethnic Groups: 20:30-23:00 on July 22, 2022

Activities: The Mopan Drum and Flower Team will lead all ethnic groups in song and dance.

Mopan Mountain Yi Torch Banquet: 18:30-21:00, July 22-July 24, 2022

Activities: Watch the ancient ceremony of drilling wood to make fire at the Mopan Mountain Beacon. Stay warm in summer, live in courtyard, forest huts, camping in the meadow, eat self-service barbecue, Mopan Mountain ecological food "Yi Torch Banquet" (July 22, scenic area tickets are free of charge for the whole day).

Special Food Street: July 21-July 25, 2022

Activity: Taste the authentic food of Xinping.

Commodity Fair: July 16-July 29, 2022

Activity: visit various fairs.