On the banks of the Jinsha River in southwest China, there is an ancient and mysterious Yi village, Zhiju, which is located in Yongren County in the north of Yunnan Province.
The Yi people in Zhiju village are hardworking and brave people who are good at singing and dancing. They sing and dance with the music, such as torch dance, reed dance and foot dance.
The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the undulating mountains, and the warm light sprinkles a brilliant golden color on the patchwork red walls and blue tiles of the Shanliang Yi Village. The smoke from the kitchen is curling up, and the late-returning herds rush home amidst the yelling of the owner, everything looks so peaceful, serene and beautiful.
These simple Yi girls living in the depths of Baicaoling, their lifelong wish is to embroider an enviable costume. It can be said that the girls' costumes are embroidered with painstaking efforts. This kind of festival belongs to girls, beauty, and Yi life. endless life.
These Yi girls who grew up eating yams and tartary buckwheat are all as gorgeous as the lantana flowers in the mountains. A large number of eyeballs add a bit of excitement and hustle and bustle to this quiet corner of the mountain.
Zhiju clothing contains many other colors. The richness of colors, the boldness of color use, and the variety of color combinations feast the eyes of the viewers. It perfectly unifies the harmony between man and nature, showing the ideological realm of the unity of man and nature.
From the far curved mountain road, from the field ridge not far away, the Yi girl who came here seems to be wearing colorful clouds. When people are walking, the scenery also flows. There is a direct relationship between primitive worship and people's living environment.
Among the crowd on the road leading to the competition arena, there are old Yi people who care about their children and marriages, as well as girls and boys who have not yet married. Pretend to meet the lover in your heart, and form a husband and wife with each other to spend a lifetime together.
On this day, they will not only compare who has the most beautiful clothes, but also who has the best craftsmanship, and who is the most beautiful, giving full play to their intelligence and beauty. They use colorful silk threads to embroider their yearning for beauty, their love for beauty, and their experience of beauty.
The girls compete nervously on the stage, and the boys watch nervously off the stage, to see which girl is more skillful in craftsmanship and better in embroidery, which one is the one I like, and who is the only criterion for choosing a mate Best at embroidering clothes.
On this day, the curiosity of white-toothed children, the innocence of young girls, the charm of young women, the magnificence of middle-aged women, and the wisdom of elderly women can always be worn in Zhiju Yi costumes.
Whether it is an old man or a child, write a year's hard work on the clothes, bloom the splendor of a season, weave and embroider Zhiju's soul, emotion, wisdom, and talent in the costumes, and embroider Zhiju's simplicity, purity, charm, elegance and landscape. Rhythms are all in costumes.
On the Zhiju competition field, it is like a season of horse cherry blossoms, which is the splendor of a year and the happiness of a lifetime for Zhiju women. On this day, the Yi compatriots from Shili Bazhai will come as scheduled to dance, drink, sing and socialize on the Zhiju competition field... Drinking and drinking for three days.
After the competition, the most beautiful "Flower of the Yi Nationality" is selected, and the girls and boys can "play freely", and the young people quickly mingle with each other. There are also those who are already in pairs, quietly away from the crowd, looking for a quiet place to be alone, the young man is playing the piano gently, the girl is leaning against the tree without saying a word, lowering her head and just laughing, no matter how you look at it, it is the same. A wonderful picture.