1, the legend of the origin of Torch Festival
People in China are always curious about legends, because every legend seems to be endowed with the shadow of legend, which is magical and as fascinating as Feng Shui. Different nationalities have different legends of Torch Festival.
According to the legend of Naxi nationality, the son of God, Old Apu, was jealous of the happy life on earth and sent someone to burn the earth to ashes. Then God was moved by the feelings of others, so he told people about God's evil deeds and taught them that lighting a torch at home on June 25 every year could avoid disaster, so the Torch Festival was born.
2. Records of the origin of Torch Festival
In fact, there are special historical materials in history that record the Torch Festival. At that time, Torch Festival was called a beautiful and poetic festival and a very romantic festival.
In the Five Dynasties, an anonymous surname of Shu wrote the book "Dan in Bian Shi Town, Yuxi", which recorded that December 16th was Chinese Valentine's Day in Nanzhao, Tang Dynasty. It was a day trip to shelter from the rain and ordered officials to compose poems, and the whole of Chinese Valentine's Day was our Torch Festival now. Later, in the Luquan County Records, it was recorded that "June 24th was the Torch Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day", and the Torch Festival was pointed out.
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The custom of Torch Festival:
Torch Festival will last for three days, mainly divided into three stages: welcoming fire, playing with fire and delivering fire. Different stages represent different activities.
1. Welcome fire: Welcome fire is also called offering fire. On this day, people will slaughter cattle and sheep and prepare rich food, wine and meat to sacrifice to their ancestors. People build altars on established mats, light torches with traditional stones, recite scriptures and offer sacrifices to the fire. Everyone sent torches to the sacrificial ceremony and walked along the road in fields, corners and the like.
2. playing with fire: playing with fire is also called getting burned. On this day, people will hold various traditional activities. For example, horse racing, wrestling, singing, bullfighting, sheep fighting and chicken fighting, etc. Girls can also dance "Doloho" and dance with their bodies. The scene is very lively and hot.
3. Sending fire: Sending fire is the climax of the whole Torch Festival. On this day, people will run around with torches. Finally, people will put their torches together to form a huge bonfire, and then people will sing and dance around the bonfire.
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