Yi. Old time seven days of sun, evergreen trees, flowers unbeaten, received seven crops a year, year seven fetal sheep, people's lives as sweet as honey; years later, suddenly one night the cat fine, likes the dark, hate the sun, is turned into olecranon iron man, fly a high hill, with their feathers for the arrow, shot down six-day sun, then the seventh sun does not come back; the sky without the sun, unfamiliar crops, cattle and sheep is not long, dead vegetation, everyone cried to-day, hope the sun early in the morning; selected ethnic groups are capable to find the sun, no results, the last of three girls from the Yi Jing recovered cat to get rid of the night the sun; and they are turned into Ailao The three alpine mountains, later known as the three Eagle's Nest, an annual event to commemorate the beginning of autumn have recovered the sun dance held in the three girls.

    Goddess with the Eagle branch Gee Lu is born, raised by a dragon; the world when the turbidity is no moon and stars, the next non-rock mountains, determined to support Gee Lu benefit of mankind, then create the moon and stars, rocky mountains; I do not know why the sky There are six days in July, vegetation Kujiao, for humans to survive, then shot down 五日 branch Gee Lu Jun, and overcome the snake, giant toad, giant mosquitoes, giant ants, giant grasshoppers, so The smaller is no longer against humanity; the remaining day of January, fear not, the earth dark light, day and night, people land on the horn when the torch had to insert; Please support Gee Lu Suiming white cock back the sun and the moon , also sent a small white dog and the moon, with people from to live and work.
   "Support Gee Dragon" Dragon Yi means eagle. "Support" for the eagle, "grid" for the day, "A" is known. "Dragon" that dragon, Chinese Yi similar.
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Chinese traditional festivals in the minority, the Yi Torch Festival is one of the most attractive holiday, enjoy the "Chinese national style section" in the world in the size of China's largest inhabited Liangshan Yi, the legend about the origin of many of the Torch Festival, which affect the the largest, most widely circulated, the most representative of the Yi hero fought the gods, uniting people struggle with evil and disaster stories.
According to legend, in ancient times, there are six sun sky, day and night of the burning sun, making the growth of very difficult things in the world. Increasingly barren land, the demons run amok. Later, the Yi branch Gee Long shot hero of five hot sun, tame the rest of a sun, subdue the raging flood, the elimination of human harm demons after all, the world is sunny, lush plants , Yi people began to live to live and work, paradise-like life. However, the ruling body of the universe god Gucci E earth so that prosperity and plenty, disgruntled, so every year sent his son Hercules Sri Lanka to serve hot A Creation to the earth rate levied exorbitant taxes and levies. Creation Wherever he went, burning and looting, evil. Hey human being god upsets hard times, people living in misery, miserable. Later, the home teams Gee Long a hero out of a guy called blackbody Hyderabad, his mighty, brave. Line can be thousands of miles on horseback, and shouts to shake rivers. He often solve problems for each tribe, getting rid of people deeply loved. One day, the mountains to hunt Hyderabad bold, standing tall hill, with beautiful scenery make him intoxicated, he could not help but sing, to express the love of nature, the pursuit of a better life. High-pitched voice led to another beautiful mountain shepherd girl Jenny Chang Gigi wonderful sounds of singing, both duet songs until dark. Since then, the flame of love burning in their chest, they love each other, vows. Has long been coveted for Ni Chang Gigi, wife of Hercules bent Si thermal occupation of Arab to serve their affair heard hated jealous heart is always looking for opportunities to set bold Hyderabad kill. Not too long, bear to hate the Sri Lanka A to serve it hot down to earth challenge to duel with bold Hyderabad wrestling. Find a home and bold Hyderabad, Sri Lanka A to serve hot at the door rude, aggressive, provocative insult bold Hyderabad. Hyderabad bold mountains to hunt but to go, he is very polite smart good mother, please come in Sri Lanka to serve hot A rest, and brought out a dustpan and a dustpan copper ram ram ram ram iron warm hospitality of the guests who had come poor. Sri Lanka look to serve hot A perplexing, question: Is it bold Hyderabad eat these? Hyderabad bold hot A mother told Adams to serve, this is the day Buddha gave her son's food, usually have to iron, copper and food, so he wit the Titanic. Sri Lanka A to serve hot dubious, grabbed an iron hand mound mound, the results of the three front teeth bite, pain Aoao whining. He was angry, fight, clamoring to kill the good mother. At this time, happened back in bold hunting Hyderabad, the thickness of his shoulder like a bucket of wood, wood still hanging back a buffalo hunt and one bear. Seeing Hyderabad can not help but angry, bold, put down wood and prey, and Sri Lanka A to serve hot unreasonable. Sri Lanka is not unreasonable to serve hot Ah do not say, but first start with the bold Hyderabad blows up. They fought the fog cloud, playing days, shake to fall, killing incredibly hard, has been fighting for three days and three nights. See the match for Sri Lanka to serve hot A bold Hyderabad, they flee to the mountains an old tree knots hole and hide. In order to remove harm human demons, tribal people are helped to found Hill. After three days and nights, Ni Chang Gigi clever finally found Adams to serve hot A hiding place, heard the news rushed to Hyderabad bold, exhaust the body, uprooted the old tree, hit the ignition with the flint Huolian , lit the old tree, burned the evil scourge of human Hercules.
Over seven days and nights, a greedy crow found a tree the tree has not completely burned hot A lump Rees drilled to serve the remnants of the bodies of many of the maggots, covered hillside. Talkative crow flew to heaven to tell the secret body of god E Gucci. E body Gucci was incensed, to punish mankind, he used black magic to maggots and turned it into numerous pests, blotting out the sun to cover the entire earth. For a time, mountains and plains of the crops as a scourge of pests devouring. It has exhausted all means to eliminate pests, but the more the more flutter. At this point the face of overwhelming Hyderabad bold mighty little pests feel exhausted, helpless. At that very moment, hateful E Gucci and took the opportunity to use the body to overwork the bold magic Hyderabad into a towering mountain. A beautiful Chi Zhang Ni and intelligent look at all of this, heartbroken, overwhelmed with sorrow, in large Bimo (priests) pray for his life turned round and round in the holy flame will burn all harm human pests, and finally turned into hillsides beautiful flowers bloom in bold Soma Hyderabad into the mountains. On this day, exactly lunar June 24 ... ... Since then, the Yi people of Hyderabad to commemorate the heroes of the bold and the beautiful Jenny Cheung Gigi, to pray for good weather earth, happiness, Every year it's June 24 One day, people will hit the stone with a flint to make fire mountain, light the torch with Artemisia pole tied, so that the holy fire light up their houses, Tanabe to corner, with the burning of the bonfire evil crime. Over time, they formed a Yijia annual Torch Festival. Yi Torch Festival is generally lasted for three days and three nights, welcome into the fire, praise the fire, the fire sent three stages.
First day of the Torch Festival "is contained", meaning welcome fire. On this day, village here will fight cattle sheep to slaughter a pig, to wine and meat ancestor worship, and collective sharing. As night fell, near the village of elderly people will be selected in place to build the altar, in the traditional way to make fire hit rock torch lit by Bimo (priest) chanting Jihuo. Then, every household, children and adults will take over from the old hands beaten with rods Artemisia torch, walk to corner in the edge of the field, get rid of the disease to show the disaster. Torch Festival of the day as "Doug", meaning praise the fire. Every family gathered at the altar flame, the traditional festival held on a wide range of activities. The guy who want to emulate the legendary bold Hyderabad, horse racing, wrestling, singing, bull, sheep fighting, cock fighting. Girls is to emulate the legendary Jenny Cheung Gigi, dressed in beautiful clothes, jump "Duoluo He." On this day, the most important activity than Yijia the beauty of the. Older people according to the legends of old Hyderabad bold diligent, brave, valiant Horse and Jenny Zhang E Zhishan good intelligent, beautiful girl in the standard selected from the guy's annual male beauty and beauty. Come evening, affectionate male and female pairs in the mountains, in the riverbank, under the umbrella of the yellow oil, Stubbs Yueqin, mouth snapping strings, nothing to fall back Acacia. It was also called the Yi Torch Festival "East Valentine's Day." Torch Festival on the third day of "all evil", meaning to send fire. This is the climax of the Torch Festival of Yi. On this day, when night fell, everyone holding a torch, running race. Finally, people will be in the hands of the torch together, forming a huge bonfire piles, happy people gathered around the campfire to enjoy singing, dancing, and the scene is extremely spectacular. Therefore, there are "oriental nights," said. In recent years, Liangshan the rich ethnic customs integration with the spirit of the times, for this ancient festival into a lot of new content, making it a more attractive, more colorful, set economic and trade exchange, tourism and people from entertainment from the music as one of the major festivals of the Yi.

Bimo drawing culture:
From there point of view, Bimo painting exists in two ways, one is drawn in the solidification, static illustrations Bimo classics literature among the other is usually used in a dynamic manner, the ceremony of incantation being. From the category, drawing roughly Bimo Bimo literature can be divided into painting, Bimo to host the ceremony for the painting, ghost-board painting three categories. Among them, Bimo literature can be divided into the painting is "anti-scabies" painting, "defense" painting, "isolation" of painting, text illustrations, God Block diagram, tail flower. Among them, the "anti-scabies" Bimo painting is a painting up on the literature, both "left on the shiny form-hui, the right eye on as Liangtang Tang, big helmet on his head, feet astride winged horses alone, left copper network and carrying bows and arrows, persistent copper Tiecha right "class of palm branches Gee Long Son of God, there are" living in Russia diligently first mountain, mansions stand in the city of Chengdu, the largest drinking water, eating mountains of Wu Sono beans, "the Son of God Phoenix wing class, more" living in the land of the back, eating the Wudou Sono, the back of a large drinking water, "the pair of Hae support, both" A feel living in Almaty, look up Ramos Hashemi skip pull one thousand fruit, black liquid to Raha, "the Tigers deep in the mountains, there are" living in the mountain forests, the derivative based on the fern bush, stretching the nose to the Quartet, to place the iron heel, left practice mud prints, "the Delaunay foot of the wild boar and so on. The ceremony used among the Bimo painting is to painting as a powerful spiritual force Talisman, with echoes of specific aspects of the ceremony, is an indispensable ceremony details. From the field survey, using the painting ceremony Bimo place mainly in the following categories:
First, for the ceremony with leprosy. Yi people is the most feared disease of leprosy, commonly known as "leprosy," but marriage Yueqin must first exercise is to check whether the other generations of clan Yinqi history of leprosy. Yi people also believe that leprosy, or Hansen's disease, the origin is the "first" ghost, and "early" ghost in the clouds and rain, lightning is often among the frogs, snakes, fish, otters, monkeys, and bees, or the image appears after the human body caused by invasive or pass plug leprosy. Leprosy occurs when the skin must first form, so people who have stubborn skin disease often treat leprosy as escape. If found to have skin illnesses, the village being struck by lightning or a sign for the kinds of data, that have leprosy "first" ghost infringed, it is necessary to expel or prevent "the beginning of a ghost," the ceremony. General magic is not high, not fine art are often afraid to act at Bimo such ceremony. As Bimo painting at the ceremony's main function is through myths or legends of dragons and heroes branch Gee ferocious animal of supernatural power to surrender "the beginning of" Ghost, but often for the civil ceremony Bimo leprosy painting called " Anti scabies map "or" down scabies map. "
The second is sometimes used to redeem the soul of the annual ceremony. Yi folk believe in lives, due to travel, grazing, farming, hunting, outdoor activities such as sending more spirit, his soul may have been isolated in time while wandering in the valley between the mountains, and even obstructing or trapped, both located in the New Year with the advent of autumn the anti-curse ceremony, "Xiao added" to redeem the soul of the ceremony, so the move to remove all obstacles to the soul, is pleased to return home safely. As the ceremony Bimo anti-ghost demon curse also includes a "first" ghost, you need to recite the "anti-scabies by the" hanging "anti-scabies map" thanks to the host family at the ceremony.
Third, defense class for the ceremony. If a clan and tribe Ancestors Qi had been suffering from leprosy, or something to leprosy present, we must set wood block, "Adams leaves block" to reject "the beginning of" Ghost for worship. Set Ganymede "Adams leaves block 'defense returned to curse in a small ceremony with" dawn up "for the ceremony, a good one split cedar boards, and in the painting wearing a helmet holding a copper cross bow string bag Jiankua driving heavy winged horse of God horse and hero support Gee Long Peacock God (Phoenix), Dragon and other statues on the spell and write, as "tablets of wood," that God card, then made three black poplar lines engraved on the edge of the wood, tied together with the God card. Curse of the ceremony was small back after eating pork so Bimo recite the mantra, and finally take the "God card" in a circular motion around the host family members, and then look at each magnetic head touch after hanging on the lintel, and to show calm and defense, blocking "the beginning of ghosts." Line over such defense class after the ceremony Whenever people at home, "Xiao added" anti-curse ceremony, to be taken down to the God card magic mantra Bimo again, so continue to come true with the power.
Fourth, to get rid of the strange spirit of Cthulhu "Newcastle send" ceremony. In this ceremony, Wei Zhiwei Bimo to painting, "Adams spit spit special color according to the" strange spiritual defense Cthulhu Talisman, the painting is to paint a doll in a white central as representatives of the sick, and then surrounded by people written in many circles even spell the effect that the curse on the people for worship false gods strange spirits, and asked the gods to protect the sick Zhu Lu. Painting in the text out of the loop branch Gee Dragon figure. Painting complete, Bimo the paper folded a certain way, fold when exposed to the puppet's like in the middle part of its so not be folded forward to, or in patients with hand, foot and future pain. After the ceremony, the patient is sewn into this Talisman painting hanging in a small bag inside the body, can prevent the spirit of things to blame for worship false gods. Figure incurs as a result of God Pei-Fu, another symbol of the function body character.
Fifth, for the New Year. Yi people usually hire Bimo illustrations of God in rolls or wooden plaque, each sewing Yi New Year, will hang in the house of the master bit at the top of the back room between the outer wall, over the years when every household that had a feminist play Yi Yang, ghosts and goblins also came to see good food, put up such a map can prevent ghosts against God, and believe as long as the hang of this figure, demons will not dare to come.
Bimo painting the most typical figure of God is to support Gee Dragon Figure, the most typical ghost board is "the beginning of cloth" ghost board. For the familiar epic of creation and Yi Yi people, myth, gods and ghosts Figure Zhuopu pattern of each board has its own myth of people, especially the branch Gee Dragon maps, each map of God Zhuopu prototype pattern has its own mythology, every text is about the Yi Proterozoic Shooting hero to all the historical sites Gee long, every sum of each painting is made with God through the power of divine ancestors. Here we have the "support Gee Dragon map" as an example to partial decomposition analysis, which points out the myth of a prototype of each pattern.
Dragon in the center branch Gee Shooting Heroes theme is "Dragon Eagle's son," Gee Long branch, a distant metaphor here, and very ancient myth of tribal history occurred, the dragon is a branch Gee Yi clan including women and children ancestral origin myth, ceremony, although Bimo vain word, puts this ancient tribe is beautifully bred and born in Bimo solidified the religious paintings and become full of divine picture. By the scholars, the myth of the heroic ancestors of the Yi branch Gee dragon is not just the mythical figure, he is Yi ancient times the eagle as a totem of tribal ancestors, "Gudian country," the chief, his mother invented the loom Po ugly woman out in accordance with their respective places of tribal dragon totem, which shows a branch Gee, son of the dragon but the dragon hawk. It is God that not only illustrate the ancient dragon eagle Lolo ancestor worship has been the meaning of worship and mythology associated with replacement from the ceremony is also very clear: Eagle Po ugly woman out by the blood of pregnant students a sense of support Gee Lung, and Liangshan Yi eagle is regarded as gods Bimo law enforcement, the Court has through the day, "the amount of wood Ha World" and the domain of the spiritual power of God, so also has life experience the magic dragon dragon eagle is also the son of support Gee's law enforcement gods Bimo . Therefore, the branch Gee Dragon in the center theme of architecture is born on Long Day Dragon Dragon Dragon Dragon when the branch Gee, and all of God's pattern on the map and text are made with the epic creation myth and the inside should be, function is linked with the ceremony.
"Sun and Moon as two" from the Home on A about creating 六日 July, branch Gee Long shot 五日 June and the beginning of Zuwa call upon independence day alone wood on the myth of the prototype. God, the figure also this text: "support cell Along Shi, Ying days left eye, reflect sunlight shine; support Gee lighting dragon on his right eye, according to the moon dignified." Ups and downs sun and the moon, earth-shaking, life was hard , dare to conquer the dragon branch Gee sun and the moon very powerful spirit and courage, it is also extremely cool dry Yi ancestors in the natural disadvantage to regenerate and reproduce ancient song. Yi is a mythical ancestors of the narrative and imagination, praised the fearless nature of this national hero in the struggle with the vast history of long road, in a feat to survive a disaster in the face of adversity for the development of pride. So as the sun, moon and two of the sun and the moon solidified the myth, naturally connected with Bimo ritual function and meaning, the struggle with the demons and monsters will be attributed directly refers to the threat to survival and development of Yi disease and disaster to compete.
There are various myths such as bronze prototype, bronze is the branch Gee to fight the dragon and Raytheon to weapons. Yi people living in the sky in the myth of Thunder "Mongolian rule Appleton" is the people are very cruel gods, "people can not call out during the day and night allowed a chicken-ming," "Someone hit on the people, pastors have to hit the hills, valleys have Gengzhe attack, were also hit earrings together a full, bright red dress who also hit the child, who also hit the real Zhuiji sturdy, hunchback who also hit the cap, such as eagles; a stone hit on people, also hit the cobblestone waterfront, interior stone millstone also strike, Whitehead also hit a large hill; the tree hit the tree, the hospital also hit the fence, but also hit jungle ravine, cliff Coriaria also hit, but also hit the wilderness cuckoo, the Peak Park have hit fir; the animal attack in animals, indoor capon have hit, but also hit Cliff goats, mountain sheep have to attack, but also attack calves wilderness, swamp pig also hit; a hit on the beast beast, deer have to hit the forest is deer, ravine bear brown bear must hit, hit a tree apes but also, Rex also hit the fish underwater, wilderness Lark also hit, hit the ridge on the snakes, frogs also hit the next ridge. "so the world can not exist. Getting heroic support Gee Long after this, after hardships, and finally find out from the mouth to the Thor Lightning "rushing sound in case of iron, stone crushed stone event, the event will be blanking of copper", so he invited across time and space Ming Jiang grid generation al-ugly woman, "playing the system of copper and copper, copper string bag chipped, chipped copper helmet, chipped copper hygrophila (armor), chipped copper sticks (fork)" used against Raytheon, the surrender of the arrogant and overbearing Mongolia James Appleton. So think of the demons are afraid of bronze, but also that there must be ominous lightning Whenever something happens, as it is the lightning through the trees bring to people suffering from leprosy and other infectious diseases, then held with the hire and to God Bimo Figure belief in ghosts to expel disease. So the myth of branched Gee leading copper helmet wearing hat, wearing a copper rain clothes, put his left hand string bag, run right fork of copper, copper bow hanging on the left, right, insert the image has become a copper arrow Bimo ceremony fell monsters, ghosts V symbol.
As for the "Pegasus", a poem by the figure of God the book, wrote: "Along Shi support frame, the foot re-winged stallion horse riding, on a cloud in space habitats." Myth of Pegasus has its prototype: Long branch Gee looking away from the mother's way, and saw human infested with poisonous snakes and demons, animal husbandry into the wings God gave him a horse heavy horse, the dragon will support Gee riding this horse hooves wind, cut the tail cloud Pegasus, while for people Chuyao fell monsters, ward off bad off, while looking for the magic to be man-eating woman abducted mother.
God, the God figure in the peacock, "I Suri Le mess" and the Dragon (Python) "A pair Hae branch" is to support Gee Long's assistant, is charged to the myth of the dragon called upon independence day Gee month alone help of various animals have been in extended out of the plot; in Bimo by this the "Leeteyi" branch Gee also records a long dive into the sea dragon deformation and ferocious "pit Hae support" Bo fighting, and finally conquered the "pit Hae support." From this record we can see that people today think of as "A pair Hae branch" is a constrictor, has been living in the water, regardless of this, according to U.S. research center Bimo culture, Mr. Mose magnetic push the fire test, the prototype when the crocodile animals . Because branch Gee dragon subdued "A pair Hae support", then "A pair Hae support" has become a branch Gee dragon help gods. God with a poem on each chart and curse curse word for Shi: "Le Peacock I provoke, the amount of habitat in the sub-sub first, the stand by a great lake, fly in the Han Mudi policy mountains, above the stone too much together; food huangmao ridge of poisonous weeds, drink water amoxicillin joint promise, those who heard his deafness, eat its guts to die, who never eat their meat. move to swallow the pool is the home of anti-leprosy! ... ... "" A Dragon branch mess, habitat Diego Bosuomohai in, stand tall Wei peaks, drinking amoxicillin combined Nepalese water, as the main house; complete mess to move the home of Seoul Seoul cited, from either the skin disease scabies swallow, swallow Laixun scabies evil, from either the TB all TB, from either the frog swallowing a snake. Shenlong A branch mess with, monkey TB of illnesses, machetes to hack it, get rid of infectious disease of peace! "
Snake in the figure of God, "Shige A branch", a lightning-like, are considered "early" to commit the initial characterization of a ghost that lightning comes up, the snake that came along the ground, into a variety of "first" ghost, mythology snake is "the beginning of" Ghost of a prototype: "Sun and Moon was shot, the dark earth, the snake as big as a boulder ridge, bamboo rice hoarding toad as big as a ... ... Long branch Gee, one day to go play the snake, as thick fingers labeled, into the bucket next to one day play frog, as large as the palm of your hand beaten, hit the earth under the ridge. "branch Gee dragon's body was propped up Sky square metaphor for the four copper column, but also a symbol of the earth square, reflecting the long foot support Gee earth, the sky overhead imposing buildings of the trend. This "Lee Te according to the" myth described in the opening to open up world Quartet, playing the grand pillared-day echoes of the scene.
Screen-positive men is quite prominent thing metaphor for supporting proliferation of prosperity for future generations Gee dragon. In the myth of the dragon branched Gee wife married two sisters, has been busy human demon horse Niuguai uniform, his sister out of jealousy and envy, cut a three-story wings of Pegasus, causing the dragon died in the sea supporting Gee. Despite the myth of the dragon branched Gee premature death, unable to have children, but the Demon hero's performance and subdue the spirit of a dead and slippery. This belief with eternal significance, both described by myth and every fall, eagles fighting in support Gee group attached to the sea dragon and snake on the water's edge to continue fighting and reflect, but also through the ritual singing of many well-known classification of future generations Bimo Demon God subdue the legend to ancestral connections, but also to chart the way God resurrected immortal divine dragon branch Gee. Therefore, Bimo also believe that a ghost from the memory of the curse of religious exorcism is to continue with the functional support Gee dragon unfinished business. So is the Liangshan Yi are with their support for the glory of the descendants of Gee Lu, Bimo more respect and support Gee dragon eagle eagle for their protective deities. Therefore the figure of the phallic god of fertility cult, as in addition to the concept, there is a more profound meaning of life and religious beliefs.
Shows a prototype of a mythical figure of God metaphor and symbol, in order to support the myth of the hero down a ghost dragon slayer Gee's performance of God, divine figure for the whole of God's inner chain ring configuration, and thus a partial series pattern of each to become unified with each other, complementary and harmonious picture, so that the picture into the image interpretation of ancient mythology, religious functions and ceremonies taking place simultaneously echoed and mapping.