2. In the historical legends and customs of the Yi people, the worship of tiger totem has the following manifestations: the Yi people call the tiger Luo, and a branch that accounts for about half of the Yi population calls itself Luoluopu, which means "tiger clan" or "tiger man". In other words, about half of the Yi people consider themselves "tigers". When they hold ancestor worship ceremony, they use a ladle with a tiger's head painted to symbolize their ancestors. In the Yi village of Shuangbai County, Wei Chu, there is an annual "Tiger Festival", which receives tiger ancestors on the eighth day of the first month and sends them away on the fifteenth day of the first month. Dance "Tiger Sheng" during "Tiger Festival", offering sacrifices to tiger ancestors, praying for disaster relief, and having a happy family. In today's Yi people's life, there are a lot of tiger worship customs. The patterns of tigers can be seen everywhere in Yi architecture, costumes and folk handicrafts, and the remains of tiger totem worship can be seen everywhere.