Yi cultureA brief introduction The Yi ethnic minority is reputed as an ethnic group with a long history and splendid culture Located Yunnan province、 Sichuan province、 Guizhou province and the northern of Guangxi provinceYi costumesThe yi costumes with unique designs appeal to the tourists from all over the world Women : Women often wear laced orembroidered Jackets and Pleat long skirts hemmed With colorful multi-layered laces some women wear black scarves ,while middle-aged and young women prefer embroidered square kerchiefs with the front covering part of the forehead . they also wear earring and pinning silver flowers on their collarsYi men wear black jackets with tight sleeves and right side askew fronts and pleated wide- bottomed trousers.they usually keep a mass of hair three or four inches long on the head and wear a scarf made of a long piece of bluish cloth. The end of the cloth is tied into the shape of a thin horn jutting out from the right side of the forehead ,which is named ZITI in the Yi language ,or HERO KNOT in Chinese. In addition,they also wear on the left ear a big yellow and red pearl strung by red silk thread.Traditional festivals-Torch festival The most important of which is the torch festival. Usually : time: from the twenty-fourth day of the sixth lunar month. activities: daytime wresting , bullfighting , archery contests, horseracing nightlight up thousands of torches, singing and dancing around bonfires