Yi is a diligent, brave, has a long history, splendid culture, population and widely distributed people. Yi, Sichuan Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture is the main neighborhoods, a total of 154.6 million Yi. Another 24.1 million people located in the suburb of Panzhihua City and rice is easy, Yanbian County, Leshan City, the horse side, Ebian County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Kowloon, Luding County, Yaan Han sources, Shimian and Yibin City Ping Shan, Luzhou City, Gulin, Xuyong counties.
Sichuan Yi himself "Nuosu." Living in Yunnan, Guizhou Yi many he said. After the founding, according to the will of the people collectively known as Yi Yi. Yi has its own language, Yi is a Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman branch. Divided into east, west, south, north, southeast and central parts of six dialect areas. Sichuan Yi is a northern dialect, is the largest dialect Yi. Yi has a long history of 1,000 years. Chinese language in the history books as "Cuan Man," "condemnation Man", "Luo culture" and so on.
Yi and distribution in western China, the ancient residents Diqiang has a close relationship, is ancient Qiang people south and southwest of the continuous integration and the formation of indigenous tribal peoples. According to Chinese historical records records, the Western Han Dynasty Qiong and peaceful old man river basin people of all ethnic groups and today's ancestors of the Yi branch, where the Han Dynasty established the more western counties. Tang and Song period, Yi is the "Wu Man" part. "Kunming", "barbarians", "cook", "Wu Man" and different times of the ancestors of the Yi and other national title. In the long-term development process, together with other nations Yi, co-development of the motherland and the southwest territory, created the splendid culture, to create a great country made its own contribution.

Ebian - Yi said, "Good support by up to." "Good support by up to" the Chinese meaning is "home of silk." Widely spread in the Yi Yi creation epic, "Lee Te according to the" in "hereby residence," said: "The best support is a property by up to rich, Yi Han live in harmony, national unity and a good place." Legendary hero Yi Long branch Gee, built into the chair and sub-population the earth and heard the news of the death of his mother, angrily to build the Earth's hammer throw stick to the "good support by up to", "up by good support" has become a ditch. Later, to commemorate the long branch Gee this, put his mother buried in the mouth of the mountain sub-chair. In ancient times Yi Gan ugly woman A beautiful girl, the legend, says: "Fire History of a beautiful mountain, the most beautiful girl Ah Gan ugly woman; good clear water and long sticks River, Gan ugly woman A girl in this long ...." "Good support by up to" - the dragon is a hero teams Gee honed place; is willing ugly woman A beautiful girl growing areas; is outstanding, national unity, a good place to rich resources. Here live the most extraordinary Yi Yi people use the most simple way of word of mouth from generation to generation to inherit and carry forward the fine traditional culture of the Yi. Formed Ebian Yi unique, unique, colorful traditional history and culture.
Folk literature
"Good support by up to" the Yi in the widely circulated daily life, and at all times of Yi folk literature are inseparable, "according to Lee Te", "Lee E supplement," "Leeamo" "Mary, animal husbandry, especially by", "Amauri provoke," "A little girl ugly woman Gan", "g", "the Seoul ratio."
"Good support by up to" the Yi people usually say, hello, greetings, solve the problem without dealing with the Yi "g" and the "Dalby"; a wedding, a friend will be singing in antiphonal style, the words, words can not do without "g person "," Lee Te according to the "," Leeemo "," Gan ugly woman A girl "; the education of children can not do without" special animal husbandry, according to Mary "and" Dalby "; held a" Bimo "for the funeral ceremony and can not be separated "by Lee Te", "Lee A fill" and "Amauri mess"; this word of mouth, grandpa passed grandson, grandson to son of Yi folk literature, enriching the "good support by of "people's lives, educating and inspiring generations of the Yi people's healthy development.
Bimo Culture
Liangshan Yi Bimo there are many, including the most famous in ancient times a large Bimo are: co-completed history of their ancestors, the fire A complete solution, complete face silver leather, A to complete mess, wooden booths complete bar, Nia Bi Bi Jalan, Abdul Rupp, A Sula who played Gu Subu, Gini Dong Son, I A is cold, Agnes ancestral tree, the Russian co-Ake, bar-Bi A Day, Kat left the Buddha grams, purple bar Dong Seoul , head of ancient A straight A total of about 18 sub-cloth. Bimo known in modern times are: wood Jie Wu, sharp wave-wave move, Didier about grid, Bike Ji Day, A History of the Russian wish, Yue Moe together, A Manan Gang, Anie Wei Qi, Yi Le to do so 9. Living in the "good support by up to" Yi hereditary Bimo are: A Sula's descendants, the only black Liangshan Yi Bimo - Aru; play Gu Subu offspring, famous Liangshan's "chair to In addition to nest Raja Europe "- Ma Aspergillus ratio; there Geake provoke stone, Samak song than, than the song Gul, A Lee provoke Russia, the Gini mess with black, Rock, dating the other.
Cultural etiquette
"Good support by up to" Yi is both a civil and military, civil and courteous attention to the nation. Between young and old, who long who is the young, who is great who is small, not only on age, according to the parent or the mother genealogy genealogy butterfly butterfly to be a long night, not allowed to address him by name, but not allowed to call wrong. In the special public occasions, qualifying to sit for a few generations the size of order, the presence of their elders do not speak first. Yi has "long main three hundred guests," the saying goes, where there are guests, must give way to the top, at least smoke tea treatment. Folk known as "playing the sheep" and "fighting bull" welcome hospitality learning. Who has guests to, kill livestock hospitality, and according to the identity of visitors, respectively closeness of cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens and other treatment. King off wine is a gift, in accordance with good support up to as long as the guests entered the room, the owner must first respect to wine customers.
Yijia's furnishings are three Guozhuang arranged for the center. Is the main room main house into the room, court room, surrounded by three Guozhuang receive guests, on the matter, the Executive of the cooking. "Good support by up to" Yi Zhuang indoor rituals centered around the pot to pay attention, so that people do it not as an ordinary cooking pot rack to understand, but as a very solemn, sacred place to deal with. It is the position within the family and the regional division. Different people have different status in different directions, the owner and guests, elders and younger, the average person standing and seated position and must be in their area may not mistaken sit. Three three-way pot village erected throughout the year, as is the interior of the "pillar", fireworks will be three Guozhuang Xunde dark, it is particularly solemn. From different identity between guest and host, family members, are insurmountable, "pillar" designated rules. Three Guozhuang customary four directions, as guests on Guozhuang (including Bimo, Suni) seats on the left side of the head of household Guozhuang seat through the top man of the house, the hostess by the bottom; village right on the pan general guests, acquaintances, old friends of the seats; between the bottom of the pot village about two seats for the handyman staff, this position is mainly to add firewood, do the dishes, utensils, etc. to pass. Guozhuang is bounded by three, the family members only within the limits prescribed activities, daughter and son-in-laws and the wife's family, parents-in-law home, brother sister home, must not enter the other room, left three Guozhuang side of the sector, but can not enter each other's bedroom. Members can not directly transfer these items to keep the distance between three or four away. Father son home, mother to daughter at home, sister to brother home, definitely not over three Guozhuang into the left sector.
Wine Culture
Yi, "Dalby" There are so few words: "Han in your tea, Yi expensive in the wine.", "People value a horse, horse value of a glass of wine." Yijia people hospitality first wine. Big and small with a glass of wine can be trouble. Yi special emphasis on wine, still wine, the performance of the rich wine culture, unique. From wine history, production, function, equipment to drinking customs, festival drink ideas, etc., can reflect this nation's history, customs, character and way of life. "Good support by up to" the wine has a long history of Yi, the traditional wine-making is divided into three categories: sweet, fermented glutinous rice similar to the Han; liquor, that is distilled wine; soaked in wine, made from high quality grain mix koji fermentation fell into jars , sealed after months of soaking water from seepage, commonly known as "altar altar wine", "levers wine", "suck the wine." Function just like wine, "universal" of magic: welcome King guest, festive entertainment, and even love making friends, resolving disputes, ancestor worship, die mourning mourning and so on. Yi wine, a wide range of shapes, decoration and unique, bright colors. Liangshan Yi drinking customs are unique, no order on the ratio: first, formal occasions, points, objects, purposes, conditions; followed by the first order of elders after the younger, first off emperor, the first drink and meal. Yi particularly prevalent, "widowed drink wine", while drinking while McCain, the atmosphere is warm, the wine and the song was, fun blend; see a portion, place into a circle, one person one, followed by transfer to drink, commonly known as "walk around wine." Yi is not toast toast, not too fussy. "There is not the wine, to be there to Japan." The last one to leave the owner to drink wine, the wine every year to show the host family, wealthy and healthy.