The traditional festival of the Bai nationality 5, the traditional festival of the Bai nationality

"Around the three spirits" - around the three spirits" is also known as "around the mountain spirit", "around the three forests", is the traditional festival of the Bai nationality in Dali, Yunnan, the vernacular is called "view on the view", which means "visiting the garden". The meeting period is from 23 to 25 days of April every year, a total of three days. "Three Spirits" refers to the "Shendu" Shengyuan Temple, the "Xiandu" Jinkui Temple, and the "Buddha Capital" Chongsheng Temple.

"Circumambulation of the Three Spirits" is mainly a tour of these three temples. During the festival, there are crowds of people, singing and dancing in the "three that go around the south and four around the north"; Camp in the fields at night, sing the big songs of the Bai people, and sing until dawn; It can be described as a carnival all night long.

"March Street" - March Street" is also known as "Guanyin City", "Guanyin Street", "Sacrifice Guanyin Street", is the grand festival and street period of the Bai nationality in Dali, Yunnan Province, every year on the 15th to 20th of March in the west of Dali City, held at the foot of Diancang Mountain. Initially, it was religious, but it gradually became a grand exchange of goods.

"Playing the sea" - playing the sea", also known as "the corpse fishing meeting", is a traditional folk festival of the Bai nationality in Dali, Yunnan. The festival lasts for one month, from 23 days of the seventh month to 23 days of August. The largest scale is the 8 August sea juggling meeting in the villages along the lake on the west bank of the Erhai Lake in Dali.

On that day, many surrounding villages gathered the flower boats on the water near Cai Village, but saw the white sails in the Erhai Lake, the shore was crowded, the boats stretched for more than ten miles, and there were more than 10,000 spectators.

Other unique festivals of the Bai nationality include many festivals such as the "Shibao Mountain Song Meeting", the "Main Festival" and the "Torch Festival" of the Bai people.

1. March Street (March 15 of the lunar calendar).

2. Torch Festival (June 24 of the lunar calendar).

1. Circle the three spirits

"Around the three spirits" is a kind of spring song and dance festival in the western Bai village of Erhai in Dali, which not only contains the worship of the gods, but also is full of indulgent singing and dancing with the love of men and women as the main content, which is an extremely ancient folk activity.

2. Torch Festival

It is held on June 25 of the summer calendar every year, and it is the most solemn and grand festival of the Bai people. On this day, tall torches are erected in every village, and small torches are erected in each house. When night falls, large and small torches are lit together, like thousands of fire dragons galloping all over the mountains, people parade through the fields, catching insects and killing pests.

3. Sun greetings

The Sun Worship Meeting is a grand gathering of the Nama people of the Bai tribe, which means "worship February", and is also a traditional festival of the Bai nationality. It is held every year on the 13th day of the second lunar month. Legend has it that the rally was launched to commemorate the ancestors of the Bai people who died in a war.

During the rally, the Nama people of the Bai nationality who live on both sides of the Lancang River in northwest Yunnan will gather in Gaoshanjing, Hexi, Lanping County, to gather in the streets.

4. March Street: March 15th to 20th of the third lunar month

March Street, also known as "Guanyin City", is a grand festival and street period of the Bai nationality, has a history of more than 1,000 years, held in the foothills of Diancang Mountain in the west of the old city of Dali from March 15 to 20 in the summer calendar.

5. This main section

The worship of the Lord is extremely common in the Bai area. "The master" is the protector of the village community, and almost every Bai village in the Dali area worships the "master". There is no unified festival for the "main festival", and the main date is the birthday, death day or other commemorative date of the "main festival" as the sacrifice date, and it has developed into a regional festival.