銆�銆�Yi corn, son, potato-eating, like eating a large piece of meat meat. "Tuotuo meat" and "cabbage soup" is its traditional cuisine. Yi's life in wine plays a very important position, the Yi people of manners, observe faith, essential in touch with friends drink. Whether weddings, funerals, events, happy New Year, visiting friends, resolve disputes, alliance oath, are "no no to wine gift, no wine, no to drink."

Yi used to eclipse most meals, to the surface grains, rice is the staple food. Hand Sand River, Anning River, Dadu River Yi, mostly lump breakfast meal. Lunch to Baba as a staple food, with food and wine. In all Baba, the Baba to do with soba most distinctive. Baba has said buckwheat digestion, the plot, antiperspirants, anti-inflammatory effect, and can go far without deterioration.

Meat to pigs, sheep, beef-based. Is mainly made of "Tuotuo meat" beef soup pot, soup pot sheep or lamb, roast pig, obtained hunting deer, bear, blue sheep, wild boar and other meat is added daily.

Mountain is also rich in mushrooms, fungus, walnuts, plus garden production of vegetables, makes a wide range of vegetable origin, in addition to fresh food, most have made sauerkraut, pickled cabbage and hot sauerkraut dry sub-two, another name eat "Duo Laba," the food is the most common folk dishes.

In most Yi areas, maize, buckwheat, oats, potatoes are the main food. Rice, a small number. Yi retained in some areas of the national food containers very characteristic form, there are two kinds of wood and leather. Rip wood painted paint pots, plates, bowls, cups and other internal and external coated with black, red, and yellow color of paint, coming thunder clouds, water, bovine, horse gear and other patterns. Wooden spoon called "Ma spoon" shape of the ancient "dagger" (spoon to the side in the spoon) to eat, ladle soup. There is the tall wooden bowls are like ancient "beans." Glass Multi-horn, hollowed out the white shoes are made.

Yi daily drink a wine, a tea, to wine, hospitality, people have "your tea Han, Yi expensive wine," said. The tea is relatively common in older people learning to bake tea-based, Yi tea cup shallow glass of a time, slowly and drink. Yi drinking, often "there is the feast of wine", there is the habit of drinking without food. Drinking occasion, regardless of location, or sub-stranger acquaintance. Sat on the floor, surrounded by one circle, holding a glass of wine, followed by transfer to drink, so drink called the Yi people "walk around wine."

Yi eat typical foods are: buckwheat cake, Yi flavor staple food; batter pickled meat, Yi farmers dishes.