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Peach Blossom Island is located in Zalatong Village. Because there are peach trees everywhere in front of and behind the house, and every spring, the pink peach blossoms are like rosy clouds reflecting the island red, so people call Zalatong Village Peach Blossom Island.
The Nu people living on the small island celebrate the Peach Blossom Festival every year when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, that is, the tenth day of the second month of the lunar calendar. They mainly worship Baima, the ancestor of the Nu people. They made a statue of Baima out of fried noodles, decorated it with bright peach blossoms, and carried it to the place where Baima jumped into the river after offering sacrifices.
According to legend, in the past, the Nu people only believed in primitive religions. After the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism, they strongly resisted. The ancestor Baima of the Nu people organized people to fight against the lamas of Puhua Temple many times, but ended in failure every time. On the tenth day of February, Baima once again organized people to go to Puhua Temple, but was injured by the lama with taro. Baima was so angry that she jumped into the Nujiang River in the north of the village. Over time, it evolved into today's Peach Blossom Festival.
