Ethnic customs in Yanjiao

(1) jump flower festival

February 15th of the lunar calendar is an annual traditional festival, jump flower festival. On this day, singing and laughing in the flower field, the spring tide surged. Young men and women dressed in festive costumes who came to jump with small flowers and seedlings gathered in groups in the flower field. The young men are rough and wild, wearing crests made of golden pheasant tails and holding lusheng in their hands. The headdress made of fluorescent wool by the girl is colorful and towering, just like a group of flames burning and jumping in the depths of the mountain. ...

At noon, Lu Sheng went to the podium in the center of the venue and began to perform flower dance. Suddenly, the whole flower field was boiling. Those foreign tourists who come for sightseeing can't help but dance with the cheerful rhythm, and Chinese and foreign journalists who come specially for sightseeing quickly aim their cameras at the vivid and touching scenes.

(2) Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is a festival for young Yi men and women to love each other. On the fifteenth day of the first month of each year, young men and women meet to dig white mud, and when the kang is dry, it will be used to wash clothes for one year. After dinner, on the mountain road dyed red by the sunset, unmarried men and women are in droves, and there are bright national costumes and melodious songs everywhere. When they arrived at the white mud cave, the boys competed for attention. They help girls dig white mud, and then they cross the mountains with leaves in their mouths and melodious tunes. Girls carry heavy baskets and sing sweet love songs in return. On the mountain road home, there was laughter all the way.

(3) Oil ball joint

Every year, on the last day of the first lunar month, every family smokes in the thatched cottage of Buyi nationality, and the stockade exudes oil fragrance. This is the Buyi nationality's small festival-Oil Mass Festival. In time for the festival, no matter who comes to Buyi Shanzhai as a guest, every household will use clay pots to hold rice wine, and porcelain dishes will be filled with egg-sized and yellowish "oil balls" to entertain guests. Just before I served it on the table, I felt the fragrance smell, so I took a bite. It was beautiful.

Why do Buyi people fry oil balls in small years? According to ancestors' legend, in the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, in order to prepare dry food for her son who was traveling far away, her mother kneaded glutinous rice flour into a ball and cooked it on the fire, which not only satisfied her hunger, but also was easy to carry. It has been passed down for more than 600 years, and now it is an "oil ball".

(4) Torch Festival

June 24th of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival of the Yi people-Torch Festival. On this night, people dressed in bright national costumes, men, women and children held torches from Song and Ming Dynasties and ran along the Shan Ye trail. They danced fire dragons to celebrate the harvest. At this time, thousands of sparks lit up the fields and villages of Yi people's homes like day.

Regarding the origin of the Torch Festival, there is a touching legend circulating in the local area: a long time ago, the heavenly king sent Sreeabi to collect rent for the ancient children, which aroused people's resistance. There is a samurai named Attila Ba on the ground, and his kung fu is very good. He fought Sri Abi in Kuya for nine days and finally killed Sri Abi. After hearing the news, the heavenly king was furious and sent "Tianchong" down to earth to eat up the crops on the ground. Attila Ba, a warrior, summoned Yi compatriots to discuss countermeasures and decided to set up a torch array on the evening of June 24th. As a result, he burned the Tian Chong and protected the crops. Since then, "Torch Festival" has become a traditional festival of Yi people. From generation to generation.

(5) Guagua Festival

On the evening of August 15, in addition to eating moon cakes for the moon, some Buyi villages in Liuzhiyanjiao also have the custom of stealing old melons.

On the night of stealing melons, the men and women in the village volunteered to get together to study the object of stealing melons and the action plan, and then split up. Some people talk to melon owners, divert their attention, and then take the opportunity to "steal". Of course, some melon owners noticed the thief, and for good luck, they deliberately pretended not to know and let others steal the melon.

After the thief cooked the melon, he invited the owner to enjoy it. Everyone enjoyed watching the moon, telling stories, singing folk songs and telling jokes while eating melons.