The grand festival of the Jingpo people living in the Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province is the "Wooden Brain" festival. On the fifteenth day of the first month of the summer calendar, hundreds of miles of mountain men, women and children, dressed in festive attire, firing guns and cannons, from all directions to gather together to hold the "Wooden Brain" event, blowing loud and clear dongba, ringing the big drums and gongs, in the "clang and clang and clang with the" drums and gongs! Mixed sound, four wearing a dragon robe, head inserted a variety of bird feathers, adorned with boar tusks (two of them also wear a hornbill beak hat) of the leader of the first dance.
There is also a magical and ancient legend about the origin of this festival.
Legend has it that in ancient times, people did not know how to dance the Wooden Brain, only the children of the Sun did. Once, the sun sent a messenger to invite the people on the ground to participate in his "wooden brain" event, the ground to send birds to participate.
On the way back to earth after the Wooden Brain, the birds were resting in a big green tree when they saw that the tree was full of ripe fruits, and Enniannian sparrow called out to everyone, "Come and eat these fruits!" At that moment, Enbinbirofinch stepped forward and suggested, "Let's also celebrate by dancing the "mokumeboshi" like the children of the sun. Then we'll eat the fruits happily, okay?" Everyone agreed, and some of the birds chose the hornbill to be the lead dancer. Hornbill's beak is long and big, the voice and rude, when it led the singing, dancing, terrible look, flash of thunder like sound, all the birds scared away, only to re-select the leader, the result was selected peacock, but also selected the most united birds of all kinds of birds, "province of wah" bird as "haunted bar At the same time, the bird that is most capable of uniting all kinds of birds was chosen to be the "haunaba" (leader), and the first "mubing" was held on the ground. This "wooden brain" event happened to be Jingpo ancestor Shengla Gongzha and his wife saw. At once was a hundred birds warm beautiful song and dance intoxicated, can not help but step forward to learn to dance up. The "wooden brain" has since spread to the world.
When Shengla Gongzha husband and wife were ready to step forward to hold the "wooden brain", found that the mountain is too high and steep to dance. Later in the wild boar with the mouth of the earth under the inspiration of arching, soon leveled the site. Decided to hold in the first month of the fifteenth "wood brain" event news to the Han Chinese big brother there, the Han Chinese big brother to send them a dragon robe to congratulate.
Since the "Mubin" festival, the people of Jingpo have become smarter and braver. The people of Jingpo have become smarter and braver since the event. They have become more united and have developed a deep affection for Mubeni. Called it "Tunchenmu brain" (traditional large-scale song and dance). It has been passed down as a custom of the nation, and the day of the first Mugunghwa is commemorated as a traditional grand festival of the nation. In order for people to always remember the origin of "Mubin" and the first "Mubin" event, the hat worn by the "Haoshuang" (dance leader) must be made of peacock and bird feathers. Feathers of other birds, as long as they can be found, should be inserted in the hat. In order not to forget the hornbill in the first "wooden brain" on the merits of the hat should also add the hornbill's big mouth. In order not to forget the deep friendship of the Han Chinese brother, "haunted double" but also to wear a dragon robe.