Torch Festival - Yunnan national tourism festival,is the Torch Festival in Yunnan to the Yi,Bai mainly of the oldest traditional festival,the Torch Festival of Yunnan in the annual Lunar New Year is usually June 24 or 25.Torch Festival on the origins of Yunnan Province,Yunnan has a variety of folk legends,the Yi people in Yunnan is the main ancient legend,a demon Weihuo the world,the name of a packet-tsung of the Warriors fight the devil,wrestling them to be the outcome,the three-day battle Three nights sentiment must compare.
So the people Tanzhe sanxian,blowing Duandi,clapping Duojiao cheering for the Warriors,the Warriors finally defeat the demon.The devil angry,release all kinds of pests to spoil people kind of hard to crops.People also gathered with lit torches to burn a pest,the last of the pests all burned to death,that day happened to be June 24.To commemorate this victory,each of these days,Yunnan‘s people to kill a chicken Zaiyang,the Torch Festival held various activities.Reflects the Torch Festival of Yi people in Yunnan defying brutal force for the struggle against the spirit of a happy life.