Yuxi Municipal People's Government
Colorful Yi Nationality in E’shan County
The Yi people living in E’shan are passionate and hospitable. They are good at singing and dancing and they love the nature. Their culture is splendid.
Their costumes are predominated by black, white, red, and blue and the major fabrics are seen in black, indigo and blue. Their costumes are all handmade. Bright colors such as ink, yellow and green are seen in patterns and diagrams of flowers and birds.
The Yi people are very hospitable and all visitors are welcome in the village. Hostess of the house will cook delicious meals to treat visitors. They like to eat big pieces of meat and drink with big bowls and sing toast songs to show hospitality to guests.
Their houses are special in that the houses are usually built with clay which are cool in summer and warm in winter with sufficient light. Their houses are usually built in two floors with the upper floor for drying and storing grains and the lower floor for living. They are industrious and skillful in farming and therefore they obtain harvest almost every year. Their houses are usually built beside mountains and rivers and houses are close to one another.
The important holidays of the Yi include the Torch Festival and the Dragon Worship Festival. During the Torch Festival, people go to the Daxi Mountains for the Flower Street Market. The purpose is not to visit the market but for commemorating a couple of lovers and expressing their wish for a better life.
The Dragon Worship Festival is also an important holiday to the Yi. The worship is actually performed to trees. Trees can absorb the water underground which then evaporates into the air, enhancing the circulation of water, which is beneficial to farming. The Yi shows much respect to trees and big ones are chosen as subject for worship and they are called the Dragon Tree.
On July 21st, workers were busy among the lush potted flowers in the intelligent flower planting greenhouse of Yuxi Ziyu Flower Industry Co., Ltd. This company is a leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization engaged in the production and sales of rose seedlings, potted roses, potted succulents and potted phalaenopsis. With a very productive operation mode, this company has built a research and development platform in cooperation with multiple scientific research institutes, and owns 17 national patents. Flowers from Yuxi are sold far to first-tier and second-tier cities across China and have become a well-known brand in Yunnan's flower industry.
Recently, visitors to Yimen have noticed a café in Luzhi Town, which looks exactly like a tape recorder. With 3.5 meters wide, 10 meters long, and weighing 6 tons, it perfectly replicates the iconic dual-cassette tape recorder from the 1980s, and the owner continuously plays pop music from the 1980s, attracting an increasing number of netizens and tourists to explore it. This highly creative café, which has gone viral on social media, has become a popular local landmark for photo check-ins.
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom at Hongtashan Park, attracting visitors with its springtime spectacle. On March 25, many citizens flocked here to admire the flowers, enjoy the scenery, and take photos, creating a beautiful landscape. Every year when the cherry blossoms bloom, Hongtashan Park draws a large number of tourists.
Performers of Yuxi Nie’er Bamboo Orchestra performed on the D87 China-Laos Railway international passenger train in Jan. 14. At 8:08 am, the China-Laos Railway international passenger train No. D87 left Kunming South Railway Station and headed for Vientiane, Laos. Different from the previous train, the joy and vibe of a transnational artistic performance was spreading all over the train, so that audience of all kinds of "screens" can feel the joy of this international train. (Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua News Agency)
