When is the Torch Festival in 2018? What is the heritage of the Torch Festival?
The Torch Festival is a festival of some ethnic minorities such as the Yi, Bai, and Naxi. Like the Dai Water-Splashing Festival, it has great traditional significance. So, in 2018, when is the Torch Festival? Let’s find out. The sixth month of the lunar calendar is also known as: Qie Yue, He Yue, Fu Yue, and Jixia. Want to know every day of the sixth lunar month? Let’s go to the fortune teller website to look at the sixth lunar month of 2018.When is the Torch Festival in 2018?Gregorian calendar: August 5, 2018, Sunday Lunar calendar: June 24, 2018What is the inheritance of Torch Festival?As for the Torch Festival, although many ethnic minorities celebrate this festival, the most grand one belongs to our Yi compatriots. The Torch Festival is usually held on the night of the 24th to 26th of the sixth lunar month. At that time, cattle and sheep are slaughtered to offer sacrifices to ancestors. In some areas, sacrifices are also made to the earth god. People feast with each other, eat meat, and wish for a good harvest. The Torch Festival lasts for three days. The first day is when the whole family gets together, and the next two days are filled with a variety of activities such as wrestling, horse racing, bullfighting, boat racing, tug-of-war, etc., followed by a grand bonfire party and carnival all night long. After nightfall, people waved torches and traveled in groups around villages, over mountains and across fields. They sprinkled rosin powder on each other's torches and had torch fights, illuminating the entire mountain and field like daylight. Sprinkling rosin powder on torches expresses a good wish: when the younger generation sprinkles it on the older generation, it is a sign of respect and a blessing for longevity; when the older generation sprinkles it on the younger generation, it is a sign of caress and a wish for good luck; when peers sprinkle it on each other, it is a sign of intimacy and friendship; when young men and women sprinkle it on each other, it is the beginning of love. During the festival, people play the big sanxian and dance the "Axi Moon Dance", and also hold activities such as wrestling and bullfighting. The Yi people in Chuxiong, Mile and other places also hold traditional "fire sacrifice" ceremonies. On the night of the festival, deep in the mountains where the Yi people live, there are “fire trees and silver flowers” everywhere, and the scene is very spectacular. Therefore, friends who have the conditions can actually go and experience these traditional cultures. |
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