Follow the warmth of winter, follow the warm sun of winter, approach Huangnan, and experience the "Yutu" dance with ice and fire passion!

"Yutu" dance is a traditional festival. On the 20th day of the 11th lunar month, the ancient city of Nianduhu in Tongren County was built in the Ming Dynasty. Epidemic ceremony. As early as the fifth day of the lunar calendar, the monks in the temple have recited the Ping An Sutra for three days, kicking off the prelude to the custom of "Yutu" at the end of the year in the village.

On the eve of jumping Yutu, the local people will also carry out the "Bang Ji" activity. The first is to invite the gods. At dawn, the sedan chair of Erlang God is invited from the temple of Erlang God to the home of the person who is going to hold the state sacrifice, and the sacrifice is performed under the leadership of the mage.

In the afternoon of the second day, the selected seven men came to Erlang Temple, took off their shirts, rolled up their trouser legs, painted tiger and leopard patterns all over their bodies, including their faces, with ink or pot ashes, and used the white paper that the master had cursed. Tiao tied his hair into an angry state, just like a tiger's fury.

Surrounding Sangtai, the quaint "Yutu" dance is danced rhythmically with the sound of gongs and drums. When the performance was about to end, someone fired a gun at the entrance of the village. When the Yutus heard the gunshot, they rushed out of the temple aggressively and went straight to the village.

The mage leads the way, and the villagers follow. Seven of them live in the dodder, two are big tigers and five are small tigers. Accompanied by the gongs and drums played by the mage, two big tigers only patrol the street to frighten them. Their duty is to prevent the demons from sneaking away from every house. Previously, steamed buns, fruits, wine and meat had been prepared on the altar tables of each household, waiting for those Yutu to come and enjoy them.

After entering people's homes, Yutus can search for food unscrupulously, hold the food in their mouths, shake their heads and tails, and act like a tiger devouring it. After the Yutus climbed out of other people's homes, they gathered at the entrance of the alleyway in the village. The villagers put the prepared buns with holes in the middle on the sticks held by the Yutus. After the Yutus gathered together, they walked out of the village while dancing.

If there is a sick person in the villagers' home, they will jump over the sick person to show that the disease will be driven away.

After the "Seven Tigers" walked all over the village to eat their fill, the villagers lit firecrackers, the mage chanted scriptures, and the villagers drove Yu Tu away. The person playing Yu Tu fled all the way to the river, broke the ice on the river, and then washed the tiger and leopard pattern off his body. On the way back, people lit a fire and asked them to step over the fire, indicating that the demons and evils had been eliminated at this time.

The above is the whole process of the "Yu Tu" dance. After reading the whole process, many readers may have curiosity. The "Yu Tu" rolled up their trouser legs and were topless. From the beginning of makeup to exorcising evil spirits and praying for safety, the "Yu Tu" performed in the cold outdoors for about 4 hours. Aren't they cold? Do they all have a fire burning inside them? And they can easily climb up from under a very high wall, or fly down from a high eaves without being injured! Could it be that the Yutus really "obtained supernatural power" and their kung fu is extraordinary? Or do they have some magical powers to protect the body? And will the raw meat in their mouths be eaten raw by them in the end?

There are also studies that say that the historical origin of the "Yutu" dance is a mystery. Since it is the name of the tiger by the ancient Chu people, then this Nuo dance that maintains the ancient style may have originated in Chu, and how did it appear on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? Tongren County? And why is Nianduhu Village, which exists alone in this county, but not elsewhere? Some people also say that the "Yutu" dance in Nianduhu is a relic of the tiger totem culture of the ancient Xiqiang people. What is the basis for this?