When is Liangshan Yi Torch Festival?

Lead: In the Yi area of our country, the Yi Torch Festival is held every year. The Liangshan Yi Torch Festival in Xichang is the most representative. To participate in this grand festival, you must go to Xichang to experience it, because it is the largest settlement of the Yi people. So, when is Liangshan Yi Torch Festival? Let's take a look with Bian Xiao.

Xichang torch festival time

Xichang Torch Festival is usually held on June 24th of the lunar calendar every year and lasts for three days. Torch Festival has lasted for more than 1000 years since Han and Tang Dynasties. It is a unique traditional festival of Yi people, with the most spectacular scenes, the largest number of participants and the strongest national characteristics. Torch Festival is one of the first intangible cultural heritages published in China. It is one of the top ten folk festivals in China and one of the top ten famous festivals in Sichuan. It has been included in the "20 10 World Intangible Cultural Heritage Declaration Project" by UNESCO.

Xichang, the space city, is the seat of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and the transit point of Butuo and Puge counties. The transportation to Xichang is very convenient: Chengdu and Kunming have flights to and from Xichang; Chengdu-kunming railway and National Highway 108 pass through Xichang. If you arrive in Xichang in advance, you can also visit xichang satellite launch center, 50 kilometers away. It is the only space base in China to launch geosynchronous satellites, and the "Long March III" bundled rocket was launched here. There are Qionghai, Lushan and Tulin near Xichang for shooting. Xichang to Butuo County 104km, CMB runs every half hour. Fare, 20 yuan. There are no flights in Yimeng town. There is a shuttle bus 23 kilometers from Butuo County to Tuojue Town. Xichang is 76 kilometers from Puge County, and the CMB bus runs every 20 minutes. Ticket price 15 yuan. Luojishan Town is located in the middle section from Xichang to Puge County. Puge County is 4 1 km away from Xiluo Town, and there is a shuttle bus. Xichang to Puge County and Butuo County are excellent black oil routes.

Special tips

1, bullfighting is thrilling, but it is not advisable to take photos at close range to avoid accidents.

2. Liangshan has strong ultraviolet rays and is easy to burn the skin. It is best to wear long-sleeved shirts, sun hats or sunscreen on your face and arms.

Take an umbrella or a rain cover to protect the camera.

4. Pay special attention to the equipment and tighten the zipper of the camera bag, otherwise it will give the shoplifter an opportunity, and the author will have a profound lesson.

5, Torch Festival activities are colorful, all kinds of costumes and silver ornaments are colorful, exquisite workmanship, making people beautiful. So bringing more films is the best policy.

Diet tips

Liangshan Yi people's diet culture contains the historical, social, economic and cultural connotations of the whole Yi people. Special dishes include meat, chicken with sauerkraut, steamed buns with horseshoe noodles, potatoes and sauerkraut, etc. , its special production technology and diet method are favored by people. In addition to the above traditional dishes, most of them are Sichuan cuisine-spicy. In order to prevent acclimatization, it is necessary to bring norfloxacin, berberine antidiarrheal drugs or eat garlic for disinfection.

Torch Festival lasts for three days from 10 in the morning to 4 pm. You might as well buy some dry food and mineral water for lunch to satisfy your hunger. In the prime time in the morning and evening, women can be photographed and dressed up. The corn wine, wild oat wine and terrier wine in Liangshan are all made by collecting alpine natural medicinal materials and preparing distiller's yeast, which is full of fragrance. Yi people take wine as their first food, and have the custom of "no banquet without wine", forming a unique wine culture. In the face of good songs and good wine, movie friends must not drink too much, otherwise they will lose their good works because of the delicious pictures.

Accommodation tips

There are hotels in Butuo and Puge counties. The county party committee and government have guest houses and private hotels. Accommodation is tight during the Torch Festival, so you can contact in advance. Accommodation ranges from 30 yuan to 280 yuan. There are also guest houses and hotels in towns and villages, but the prices are low and the sanitary conditions are not as good as those in county towns.