彝族年大凉山的节日

Yi New Year,a Festival in Liangshan

凉山彝族是一个多节日的民族，除了火把节、选美节、牧羊节、尝新节等10多个别具风情的节日外，最盛大的要数彝族年，彝语称“库什”，相当于汉族的春节。

Yi nationality’s Lunar New Year,which is called “kushi”in the Yi language is the traditional festival of the Yi minority people in the Liangshan Prefecture,analogous to the Sping Festival of the Han nationality.‘Kushi’was first established by Wabukushi,the ancestor of the Yi people,It was said that Wabukushi,a man of great stature excelled in wits,treated his parents with filial respect and had deep love for his fellow countrymen.Legend has it that respect and had deep love for his fellow countrymen.Legend has it that Wabukushi gave up meal by day and sleep during night after his parents died.He made spirit tablets for his deceased parents and hung them in an eye-catching place in his house to call back their spirit.In the memorial ceremony for his parents’ death every year,he would slaughter pigs and goats to offer sacrifices for 3 days.That is why Yi peiple named their Year kushi.