Let's follow the music player, walk into the Stone Forest and see this strange "Men's Day"!
The Sani people of Yi nationality who have lived in Shilin area for generations have created the "Ashima" culture as touching as Shilin. Ashima has become a cultural symbol of Yunnan tourism. Compared with the world-famous Ashima, the secret festivals of the Sani people of Yi nationality have more ethnic characteristics.
Mizhi Festival is a traditional folk festival of Yi people, also known as "offering rice cream", which is mainly popular in Yi areas in southern Yunnan.
The Sani people of Shilin Yi nationality usually hold it from the first year of the rat to the year of the horse in November of the lunar calendar.
The secret festival lasted seven days. During the seven-day sacrifice, people stopped working, men could go hunting in the mountains, and women could only stay at home and do needlework.
The sacrificial ceremony on the first day is very important. Because participants can only be men and women can't participate, it is called the only men's day in the world.
Le Wanjun saw the dense branches and leaves of the Sani people of Yi nationality in Shilin area. The entrance is an animal-shaped stone door (shaped like a dog's head), and a warning sign is posted outside the door, which reads "Women are not allowed in".
When I walked in, I found many towering trees. According to the elders in the stockade, the dense branch forest is a place to worship ancestors, and women are not allowed to enter.
There are holes in the big tree. It is said that Sani people are usually women who have the right to speak at home. When men come to dense branches, they will go to dense branches and complain about "tree holes" They will talk about their complaints about their wives and tree holes at some time in the past year to get calm.
Usually people come to visit the Stone Forest in Yunnan, and most of them leave after seeing the magnificent Stone Forest. However, if they want to travel in depth, Le Wanjun will recommend everyone to experience Sani-style life in antique Yi villages, listen to a leisurely and moving song of Yi family members, and drink a cup of corn wine to relax and make their mood more pleasant.
The farmhouse music in Yi villages was originally transformed by nomadic people. At present, some Yi people are still engaged in shepherding. The black goat here is a specialty of Shilin, with strong meat, not greasy or fishy.
Farmhouse is a form of hot pot. Tourists sit around the hot pot and rinse the black goat. Yi Sani boy dances Yi folk songs for everyone.
Yi bonfire party, bonfire party is a gathering for young Yi people to find marriage partners. Young men and women in the village will get together at night and dance the big three-string dance. This strange couple will get to know each other better by dancing together.
It can also be seen from these traditions that ethnic minorities can fall in love freely very early.
The above is the Sani style of Yi people I experienced in Shilin, which is very rich! If you like, you can try to play like this next time you come to Shilin!