The Legend of Ashi Sacrificing Fire Sacrifice

The Ashi people of Yi nationality advocate fire, and they have been attached to fire all their lives, from the naming ceremony of the fire pit at birth to all kinds of activities that cannot be separated from fire. They believe that fire brings light and warmth to people, cooked food and drives away fierce beasts, so they regard fire as a god. Legend has it that there was no fire in the ancient Ashi tribe, and the ancestors of Ashi lived a life without light. They not only ate raw meat, but were often attacked by wild animals.

After a flood, an ancestor named Mudeng sat on a rotten piece of wood and used a wooden stick to make holes and grind the ground. Gradually, a spark finally appeared on the third day of the second lunar month, and he became angry. Since then, the wild era of eating animals and blood has ended, the crops on the five-color soil are ripe, and the fire has brought light and warmth to people. Ashi people regard the legendary inventor "Mudenseru" as a "Vulcan" sacrifice, which has been handed down from generation to generation.