The history of Zhuanshan Festival is exquisite.

The origin of Zhuanshan Festival belongs to the nature worship of early human beings. Mosuo people were nomadic people in ancient times, and then gradually settled in the mountains. On the banks of rivers and lakes, the earliest natural entities worshipped by Mosuo people are of course mountains and water, and turning mountains into seas is a mass activity for Mosuo people to worship natural entities. According to folklore, the Wagua Festival began in Muyuewu, the ancestor of Mosuo people. According to historical records, the ancestors of the Mosuo people, Niyue wuyue, settled in the early Tang Dynasty and gained power in Yongning, so the Zhuanshan Festival should also begin in the early Tang Dynasty, with a history of 1000 years. It is an earlier traditional festival of ethnic minorities in China.

The original wagua Festival was not concentrated in Xiagemu Mountain (called Lion Mountain in Chinese). It was located between Yongningba and Lugu Lake in Ningbo County, with a length of 8 kilometers from north to south and a width of 6 kilometers from east to west. It is high in the south and low in the north, with tight folds and bright gray tones. The main peak of the same name is 3754 meters above sea level, which is about 1000 meters higher than the lake surface. It looks like a lion, overlooking Lugu Lake. The word "gem" was originally in Tibetan, and it was called "Exploring Skungan". Exploration means Nie Xin's alternative road, Skgen means lion and Gem means tall woman. The Mosuo people are called Gemu Mountain in the sense of being a tall girl, but the villagers go to worship the mountain on which Mosuo Village depends. Zhuanshan Festival originated from the initial nature worship of Mosuo people, and its history can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. After the mid-Tang Dynasty, Lugu Lake was once occupied by local people. With the introduction of Buddhism, Zhuanshan Festival gradually attached a strong religious color. When the whole Lugu Lake people turned to the mountain, they all concentrated in Gemu Mountain, because the Lugu Lake people living under Gemu Mountain judged the weather from the uncertain clouds in Gemu Mountain, and thought it was a signal sent by the Gem Goddess for their people. There is a local proverb that says "Gemu Mountain wears a hat and farmers sleep", which means that it will rain heavily when dark clouds cover Gemu Mountain. Therefore, people near Lugu Lake regard Gemushan as a mountain god worshipped by * * *, and after a long-term summary, the local people find that it is a crucial moment to decide the increase or decrease of grain between the summer heat and the Millennium festival, and it has gradually become a social contract. Every year on the 25th day of the seventh lunar month, every household in Luguhu village comes to worship Gemu Mountain, praying for the goddess gem to protect people and animals and harvest crops.

Yongning, the successor of Buddhism, began in the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhuanshan Festival was attached with a strong Buddhist color. In the regional names of Tibetan Buddhism, Yongning is called Talong, Tanlan and Dalan. Gemu Mountain (Lion Mountain) in Yongning, because of its grandeur, stands on the sky and holds its head high, which can quite represent the temperament of Mosuo people. Tibetan area is called "Sengemu", which represents the incarnation of the beautiful goddess. Therefore, Mosuo people in Yongning Basin and Lugu Lake later concentrated on Gemu Mountain to offer sacrifices. Although Mosuo people along Jinsha River and Mosuo people in Xiangbazi can't go to Gemu Mountain to worship the gods, they still have the custom and legacy of worshipping the mountain on which the village depends.