How the Han people celebrate the Torch Festival!

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The Torch Festival is an ancient and important traditional festival of the Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo, Lahu and other torch festival ethnic groups, with profound folk customs The cultural connotation is famous at home and abroad, and it is called the "Carnival of the East". Different ethnic groups hold the Torch Festival at different times. Most of them are held on the 24th day of the sixth lunar month. The main activities include bullfighting, sheep fighting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty pageants, etc.

The Yi, Naxi and Jinuo people hold it on the 24th of June in the lunar calendar, the Bai people hold it on June 25th, and the Lahu people hold it on June 20th. The festival lasts for two or three days. The Yi people believe that during the Torch Festival, the ears of grain will grow as strong as torches. Later generations used this sacrificial fire to drive away ghosts and evil spirits in their homes and fields to ensure the safety of people and animals. Nowadays, people also take advantage of the gatherings to socialize or meet lovers, and carry out business activities during the festival.

The Nantong area of ??Jiangsu Province is the only area among the entire Han people that holds a Torch Festival. Every year on the day of the winter solstice, local strong men will hold a large number of torches made of rice straw and hold them in their houses. Pour oil on the front and back of the house and circle the fields several times to pray for good weather and abundant harvests in the coming year.