In which region of China, the Torch Festival is the origin of the Torch Festival

Yunnan also has the Han people have a torch festival, I am the Han people, we also have a torch festival, the festival is in the summer vacation, of course, our torch festival legend is to burn Songming Building, so that when you hear your friends, you should think of the torch festival of the Bai people, yes, my hometown is very close to Dali, why we have the Han people there why the Bai people's torch festival I don't know, but the legendary Songminglou family is on a hilltop next to my grandmother's village, of course, we also belong to the Nanzhao country, However, the specific content of the burning of Songming Tower is still different from that of the Bai people, and I won't go into detail if the story is too long.

The Torch Festival is an ancient traditional festival of the Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo, Lahu and other ethnic groups, with profound folk cultural connotations, known as the "Oriental Carnival". Different ethnic groups hold torch festivals at different times, most of them are on the 24th of June in the lunar calendar, and the main activities include bullfighting, sheep fighting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, singing and dancing performances, beauty pageants, etc. In the new era, the torch festival was endowed with a new folklore function, giving rise to a new form.

The legends of the various ethnic groups in Yunnan about the torch festival have their own special contents. The legend of the Yi people about the torch festival is actually the abandonment of the original cultural form by the new cultural form after the nomadic herding was changed to the agricultural one. This legend retains the original information of the Torch Festival to the greatest extent, and it is also the one closest to the source of the Torch Festival.

The proverbs of the Naxi people about the legend of the Torch Festival retain important information about the origin of the Torch Festival, and together with the records in the "Yuxi Chronicle", "Luquan County Chronicle" and "Dongxi County Chronicle", they provide important clues to the origin of the ** Torch Festival. The legend of the Torch Festival in Dali and Kunming, although it covers up the ** of the Torch Festival, but its "Star Back Festival" statement also reveals the source of the Torch Festival and the profound culture.

Southwest. The Torch Festival is a traditional ethnic festival of ethnic minorities in southwest China, and the Torch Festival in Dali area is said to have begun in Nanzhao, which commemorates the burning of Songming Tower; One says that it commemorates the victory of ancient wars, and there are different opinions. The credible origin is the fire worship of the Yi ethnic minority during the ancient tribal period, because fire is a symbol of light, representing ideals and hopes.

On the day of the festival, men, women and children gather together to pray for a good harvest and the prosperity of the six animals through activities such as worshipping ancestors, worshipping torches, lighting torches, playing with torches, and jumping torches.

1. The Torch Festival is the twenty-fifth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar. The Torch Festival, also known as the Xinghui Festival of some ethnic groups, is an ancient traditional festival of the Yi nationality, the Bai nationality, the Naxi nationality, the Kino nationality, the Lahu nationality and other ethnic groups. The festival of the Torch Festival is generally held on the 25th day of the 6th month of the lunar calendar, and also on the 24th day of the 6th month, and its main activities include bullfighting, horse racing, wrestling, singing and dancing performances, etc.

2. The god of heaven and earth who ruled all things in the year "Entizi Prefecture Guzi" sent his son Hercules "Sreabi" to lead the heavenly soldiers to the world to collect harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. The good and decent people have been disturbed. The wisdom superman, the heroic and fearless Yi hero "Heiti Laba", seeing this scene, often went to solve problems for various tribes, eliminate violence and peace, and was deeply loved by the people.

On the day of the Torch Festival, Blackbody Raba went up the mountain to hunt, standing on the top of the high mountain, intoxicated by the beautiful scenery, he couldn't help but lead to singing, and his high-pitched singing voice attracted the melodious and graceful singing of the shepherd girl "Nizhang Azhi" on another mountain. They sang love songs across the mountains and rivers until dark. Since then, they have loved each other, and the mountains and seas have sworn well.

When the Hercules "Sreabi" who coveted Nizhang Azhi heard about it, he was resentful and jealous in his heart, and he couldn't bear the jealousy of "Sreabi", so he went down to earth to wrestle and duel with "Heiti Raba", but in the duel, he was killed by the Yi folk hero "Heiti Raba", and the gods were furious and released overwhelming locusts to destroy the ripe crops in the world. The clever "Nizhang Azhi" crossed the mountains and found a respected high priest on the horizon, and the priest told Nizhang Azhi that the locusts should be destroyed with torches.

Nizhang Azhi and Heiti Raba led the people up the mountain to set torches, and after three days and three nights of torches, they burned all the locusts and saved the crops. Seeing this scene, the hateful body Guzi jumped like thunder. Use mana to turn the overworked Blackbody Raba into a mountain.

Seeing all this, she was heartbroken, and at the prayer of the high priest, she gave up her body and turned into a beautiful soma flower blooming all over the mountain where the black-bodied Rabah had become. This day happens to be the 24th day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar. Since then, in order to commemorate this day, the Yi people will hit the flint in the traditional way on the 24th day of June of the lunar calendar every year to light the holy fire, light the **, and go to the field to pray for good weather and a good harvest in the coming year.

People sang and danced, and the whole world celebrated the victory against disasters, singing about the bravery of the black-body Raba and the wisdom and beauty of Nizhang Azhi. Over time, the annual torch festival of the Yi family was formed.