Yi are mainly distributed in Sichuan and Yunnan, Guizhou and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region also has a small distribution, most of the counties and cities in Yunnan Province have a distribution of the Yi people, and in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, the Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe Hani long prison mountain, Wumeng Mountain and Northwest Yunnan Liangshan relatively small area of focus, are found in the Sichuan Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and the Leshan area. There are six of the Yi language dialects, and has its own words, China is the first syllable of the text, of which there are relatively common over 1000 (see the following picture rolling text). Yi mainly engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry is a sideline, the production of handicrafts also developed. This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: Torch Festival of the Yi, Yi Sheng gourd dance, Dance of the Yi cigarette case, encouraged by copper Yi, Yi seaweed cavity, the Taj group of the Yi people.

　There are traditional festivals of the Yi people in October, the Torch Festival, Micronesia complications, such as flower arranging section. October was the tradition of the Yi people, many in the Chinese choose auspicious days to be held in early October. Festival period of 5-6 days and festivals to pig, sheep, dressed feast, visit the Friends of the pro-Q and each other gifts. Torch Festival of the Yi is the biggest traditional festivals, many of the ethnic minorities in Yunnan are also a common holiday, usually at the annual Lunar New Year or on the 25th to be held June 24. Shaniu time to kill sheep, and sacrifice their ancestors, some of the main areas of soil festival, feast with each other, a total of Wugufengdeng wish. General three days to celebrate the Torch Festival, the first day the whole family gathered, held two days after wrestling, horse racing, bull fighting, pole-climbing, Zhou Jing, a variety of activities such as tug-of-war, and then held a grand evening of the fire, all night revelry. Yi people in the cottage, the Torch Festival of the night, the village of the village have to Zhai put up a high-Zhang Yu of the fire, each of the small fire on the torch around the torch around the people sang and danced together to show unity.

　　Yi clothing in the form of the large number of hi man wearing a black T-shirt and Xie Jin left Zhaixiu fold more generous trousers, wrapped around Baotou, Baotou and right in front of a slender cone-shaped bar of the "Guitar Hero"; hi woman wearing embroidered or trimmed Dajin Right overlapping part of Chinese gown and multi-pleated shirt dress, apron and some Department of belt wrapped around Baotou; men and women when they go out, put on hi "rub Salvador" and "wipe Salvador", such as cloak-and knee-length can be a long, long ear to the bottom up , With woven into wool, mostly black. Yi, 15-year-old girl, wearing red and white dress and white children, Salisbury is the single braid, at the age of 15 in some places it is necessary to hold a "Shala Luo," the ceremony, which means "dress-for-, two-comb Braided, ears pulled Line ", marking the girl has grown up, 15-year-old, wearing black in the middle of the dress in drag, two-Shu Cheng Single-braided braided, put on the full color embroidered flowers Toupa, childhood Body piercing are put off the old line of shiny silver earring.

　　Yi women's ingenuity, good textile embroidery, but also a variety of different colors to produce exquisite fabrics processing, fine, there are a variety of clothing patterns, so that the life of the United States to add color, fragrance charming atmosphere. Dali living in the region of the Yi women's inheritance and development of this fine tradition, despite the differences in different areas of life, but they can use their skills to black, white, green, blue fabric processing to produce their own unique ethnic costumes And according to the national assembly, the festival, known as the seasons change and make them the best, plain-clothes, winter clothes to beautify life. The men love to use more white or black Baotou, Daidingguapi cap on Dajin dressed in clothing, short clothes, but right oblique Yi Jin deduction; this unique Duijinyiyi hold a range of 11-13, White cloth embroidered with two edges. And in some places in the men's clothes Duijin plus a sheepskin or suede with their own hands following the process, or Guazi-Hak, processing linen cloth collar Guazai. Make more use of black trousers, wide trousers, the Yi people, commonly known as "crotch trousers." Feet of leather shoes, rubber shoes, cloth shoes, some wearing their own local hempseeds large leather woven grass cloth shoes Ma.

　　Yi women's shoes are unique, like a boat-shaped Jiaochuan sharp embroidered shoes, embroidered above the well-defindd moqaic,ingenuity and beautiful and charming, is all praise for women Yijia ingenuity, technology sewing skills. Women with black hair or black silk wijding, above all kind3 of Chaman processing of fine silver jewelry flowers are beautiful looks eren more splendid. Although older women has silver jewelrZ to wear a dress, but dress in dark colors, but Aichuan underwear, wearing a small embroidery patterns over the underwear and shoes. As the number of branches of the Yi people living in different regions, plus the age, sex, wear it different.

　　Yi variety of wedding, the bride is the wedding back in a very interesting customs, the bride married, by a matchmaker upstairs back down to the main entrance to the groom, and then by the best man on her own, then in the pro ranks has been escorted by The man back to the house. Yi Jia cottage, Shangao Lu far, all the way back the bride's best man sweat so tired, not breathing, chaperone on the floor covered with mats of the new prepared and blankets, to allow the bride to take a break, the best man to be breath, And continue on the road. The bride must be in before the sun back to Nan Jia, to a bride, to be held on "Ying Qin" ceremony that the groom, the bride sitting on the stool in front of the large, enthusiastic musicians who played the "Qu Ying Qin", friends and family set off firecrackers , Point to the fire, congratulated the couple. "Ying Qin," one end of the ceremony, began to dance, dance songs co-author of the ring, everyone's happy all night long.

　　Yi's wedding feast, with the exception of pig and lamb and other food processing Cai Fan, the Yi people in the region Nanjian wedding guests when they have a unique cuisine, local people call it "jump dishes." This "jump vegetables" is when people sit eight Qi, in a "serve" in the sound, with the large, blown-na, chirp sound of gongs and drums, the pair only serve the people, some armed with The tray filled with food, and some of the food tray to be filled in the head from the kitchen step by step dancing the happy dance on the dishes presented. On a person changing from time to time to dance, some uith their headq, and some free-hand side Taiwan Cha dozen, and some carried by the arm, foot stepc, whila Levin presented dance while rice and vegetables instead of allocating bit bx bit, amazing Sit back and admire all these acrobatics and dance rolldd anto one "jump Levin." Guests finished, accordijg to relatives and friends of both men and women sitting longer on the dinner, the bride and groom with Lang, cousins who take a seat at the red line to link up with Levin, the bride and groom must be prepared to use cutting with knives, or suffering everywhere , Xiaonao cute. In the evening(to be held in room downtown to celebrate. Weishan Yi Hui Autonomous ounty in the east of the Yi people in the cottage, there is the we`ding night by the beggar to make new customs, that is, the three young men who instadled one of five, installed a young woman; one loaded single girl, said to make fun of each other, and then by Lusheng Leighton Road, with young men and women together with relatives and friends to play songs all night. As a result, wedding night the bride and accompany women to sleep with. On the third day pay off with the bride, first of all guests to the service of wash water, send candy, and then reward with Lang, the mother and Xiangbang with friends and family, as well as singers, and they presented gifts to send candy. After breakfast, both back doors, back doors to return the same day. If the journey is far, the circle around the room at home for the night, three days after the husband and wife be in the same room. In some areas, after getting married, the bride did not drop her husband, the bride to be "hi", after the man repeatedly requests before the beginning of the couple living off her husband's home town.

　　Yi New Year, Chinese New Year pigs slaughtered every household, there will not be any general to kill other animals. The New Year of the Pig is about choice, for example, without any defects and disabilities, the elderly do not have to sow, not short tail, a word to the image of perfect, there are no other differences trillion. The village slaughtered a pig in the New Year time to have a certain order, the high seniority in the family pig first, the lowest position in the family hierarchy after the pig. In kill pigs before you drink "liquor pig," to participate in each year to kill the pig Zhuanghan have a drink. Then the red-hot stones, gold string and wind, water and put a wooden ladle or wooden bowl, in order to clean the steam decontamination, in addition to last year, all the evil pig, which means that the spirits of the ancestors of sincere worship. Yi people like to use the mountains on the roast dry grass fern, fern because of Kyrgyz materials for the grass, and flammable Weixiang. Fern grass will be used in pig's hair burning and roast pig skin yellow, charcoal and water re-use Guajing applied, so that the pork is no water, fresh and delicious. In parts of the pig with a representative of the meat cut into pieces, in Huotang, barbecue, and then into the wood after-sheng, put salt, thin bamboo sticks stuck in the middle placed on a glass of wine from the hosts, a man of the house Lingtai before everything is under the eaves and worship their ancestors. King roast ancestral spirits after the first host the first drink of wine in the mouth, I eat meat in the mouth, and then by the family members one by one taste. Chinese New Year pork, with the exception of the first day of the edible part of the dinner, so as to the overall (internal organs, except eye feet) inside the house placed on Lingtai worship, three days can not flip. After the memorial, the whole family together and began to eat NIEN FAN. If the neighbors have not found in pig slaughter, M owner of worship in after neighbors sent to the weight of meat weight and his Lunar New Year blessings. Yi NIEN FAN eat, it is necessary to reflect the rich and well-being, solemn, only to have the rules, solemn, but also active and happy.