My hometown is in Nanbian County, a remote ethnic minority mountainous area in the southwest, I transferred to CD when I was in junior high school, and I haven't been home for a long time after graduating from college.

I looked at the speeding scenery outside the car window, "The moonlight of my hometown is deeply imprinted on my heart, but I can't shed the tears of the year." This sentence involuntarily came to mind. Tang poems are more cloudy: the hometown is more timid, and he doesn't dare to ask people.

In the past, when I saw people who had achieved success in various careers returning to their hometowns, I always felt the same way, and I couldn't imagine that I had achieved nothing, and it seemed that my hometown felt the same for anyone.

After most of the bumpy day, I finally arrived at the southern county town that felt familiar and unfamiliar to me. I still remember when I was a child, Uncle Kuanbo said to me, saying that our Ouyang family moved in from other places a long time ago, and after moving in, it was once a famous local family, and the family was originally prosperous, but after going through a lot of things, only my grandfather and I are left in our hometown. Usually the old man lives in a small house in the county town.

"The tea made by grandpa has a taste called home~" I hummed a small tune and opened the door happily.

The house was empty, and there was a note pressed on a book on Grandpa's desk, which read, "I'll go to Funnel Mountain-Ouyang Zuoyuliu." ”

Leaving notes is my grandfather's habit for many years, although he used his mobile phone early, it is useless for him, more often than not, it is just used as an electronic watch.

Funnel Mountain is a famous local scenic spot, it is said that someone has seen the gods in it a long time ago, and now many people will go there on weekends to hike the mountain to exercise, and there are also many Yi cottages near Funnel Mountain.

Hey, this old man is really idle, since I can remember, every time my grandfather teaches me something, after assigning homework, he likes to go around everywhere, he doesn't go to famous scenic spots, but he goes to some very remote and undeveloped places, this old man, I have to choose to go out when I come back, I muttered in my heart.

After all, the old man is old, I don't worry, dialing my grandfather's mobile phone but still prompting that I am not in the service area, I can't help but worry about what the old man's situation is now, but think about it again, although grandpa is old, I am very clear about his ability, and ordinary problems can't help him.

I haven't been back for a few years, and my room is still very clean, and everything has not changed in its place, like I never left. I decided to sacrifice to the Five Organs Temple first, and then set off to Funnel Mountain to find him.

When I walked on the street, it was already the lights of thousands of homes, and I looked at the small county town where I was playing and playing when I was a child, and I felt like a dream for a while.

At this time, the roadside barbecue was put out, I found a stall, randomly chose a seat to sit down, ordered a few things to let the boss bake, was bored and ready to play with the mobile phone when I heard someone chatting at the next table, a person said: "The bonfire party of the Yi Year is about to start, I heard that the daughter of the Somatou people is going to dance!" ”

Another person was surprised: "Isn't the stockade in Funnel Mountain haunted recently, Daddy Soma?" And the mountain will be closed when you arrive, so to speak, today the first beauty of the Yi nationality in our county is finished dancing this plate, and I don't know if it will take a long time to see it next time. ”

I was taken aback, what? Haunted? Funnel Mountain? Isn't the old man in Funnel Mountain? So I leaned over and asked in the local dialect, "Hey, two brothers, what's the point of the haunting you just talked about?" I've just come back from outside, and I haven't heard anyone say yes. ”

I asked as I took a bottle of beer and poured it to them, and the man who said that he was haunted just now drank half a glass of wine and said, "Hehe, you may not believe it, a relative of the Somatou people died of illness, and he was going to be buried after two days, but he only saw it on the day of the burial, and the body of the head of the Fang Zi (coffin) was actually gone." ”

I said, "It's so strange that this is nothing, it could be someone who stole the body, it could be a professional thief who sells human organs." The man was a little upset: "Ah! I said, young man, don't interrupt me, just hear it. ”

I hurriedly closed ten to apologize, he paused, then took another sip of wine and continued: "The corpse must be a big deal if it is not there, so they mobilized all the young men and women at the head of the stockade to search the entire Funnel Mountain day and night, and finally found the body at the bottom of a cliff. ”

I couldn't help but interject again: "That's right, maybe some enemy picked up his body and threw it." The man was really angry: "Hey, I said you young man, I told you not to interrupt me, and I finally managed to get my head in the way." ”

I was so bad at the end of my mind that I immediately brought the fish that the boss had just grilled for me to their table to eat with them, and promised again that I would never interrupt, before he continued: "If the corpse is found alone, it is certainly not a haunting, but the problem is that when the corpse is found, it is said that the situation is so strange that the forensic doctors are frightened and comfortable, and everyone else on the side at that time agrees that only ghosts can make it look like that." It's not a haunting, what else can it be? So Daddy Soma, as the head of the cottage, closed the mountain gate and has been preparing Bimo recently. (Note: Legend has it that Bimo is the ancestor of the sorcerer, that is, the supreme god of sorcerers, and it is also a ritual to exorcise evil spirits.) ）

At this point, he said he was done. I asked him what had become of the body, how he knew about it, and how reliable it was, and he said that there was a forensic doctor in the county public security bureau who was his brother-in-law, and he only knew so much about the specific situation.

Hearing this, I couldn't ask any more about it, and I didn't eat enough, so I ate the meat skewers, fish, and grilled sausages I ordered before, and then asked each of us for a bottle of beer, ate and drank to our heart's content, and asked the location of the bonfire party, which was on a dam in front of Niuwang Temple.

Niuwang Temple used to be just an ordinary temple, after an earthquake, it was found that there is actually a layer under the temple, there are many stone Buddhas in it, because these Buddha statues are suspended in the air, it is difficult for people's eyesight to reach, coupled with the erosion of the years, the stone Buddha statues appear a little blurred, making it difficult to distinguish.

Later, these Buddha statues were stolen by a group of thieves of unknown origin, and then recovered by the public security organs, and when the Buddha statues were cleaned, it was found that these Buddha statues were not ordinary Buddhist stone statues, but Yi stone Buddhas, because there was a small number of "Heavenly Bodhisattvas" in front of the bald heads of these Buddha statues, which were extremely similar to the "Heavenly Bodhisattvas" of the Yi people (please see the notes later in this chapter for details about the Heavenly Bodhisattvas).

The patterns of these Buddha statues are exactly the same as those of Yi men's clothing. These stone Buddhas are all hanging stone Buddhas, and it is also an extremely rare way of building in the temple, built in such a remote mountainous area, who built it, what is the purpose, and what era it was built, everyone has different opinions.

It's a coincidence in my heart, anyway, it's getting late today, the county is dozens of kilometers away from Funnel Mountain, and now I can't find a car to go to Funnel Mountain at this time, I haven't seen the bonfire party of the Yi Year in my hometown for a long time, and the last time I participated was seven or eight years ago.

Now the county has been expanded and constantly demolished and rebuilt, the location of the bonfire party has been changed, this is the first time I went to see the party after the change of location, of course, I am also very curious about what the first beauty of the Yi nationality looks like, my fair lady, the gentleman is good.

Niuwang Temple is only a few kilometers away from the county seat, but it is still a little far to walk, so I called a three-wheeled motorcycle to rush to Niuwang Temple.

The Yi calendar year is the traditional festival of the Yi people, and the Yi language is called "dry knowledge". It is held in the 10th month of the lunar calendar and the 11th month of the Gregorian calendar. The villages inhabited by the Yi nationality start from October 16 of the lunar calendar to celebrate the auspicious day of the Yi calendar year and end on the 30th. It is impossible to find out when the Yi Year began, but many of the rituals in the Yi New Year are related to ancestor worship, and the whole festival is full of strong ancestral supremacy colors.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, more and more Yi compatriots went out of the mountains and entered the towns to live, so there are not many Yi villages still in the mountains, and the large-scale bonfire party of the Yi Year has long been no longer held in the mountains.

I finished primary school here, and every year in the Yi year, we Han students also follow the holiday, a seven-day holiday, to the Yi friend's house to drink water and wine and eat tuotuo meat, that carefree and refreshing beyond words can be described.

The sudden braking of the squeak ~ Mo, I shook forward, interrupting my thinking, and I got out of the car and saw that it was already crowded and lively.

At this time, it is already completely dark, what catches your eye is a dam of nearly 1,000 square meters, a number of temporary pillars are set up around it, and the torches on the pillar platform illuminate the whole dam as if it were day, the visibility in this dark environment is quite good, and you can also vaguely see the Niuwang Temple in front. A huge pyre has been piled up in the center.

At this time, I suddenly heard a cheer from the crowd, and I looked forward when I heard the sound, only to see a few handsome young men from the Yi family walking towards the pyre with tinder in their hands, lighting bonfires from different directions.

Soon the bonfire was lit, the whole dam suddenly became brighter, along with the blazing bonfire, the traditional dance music of the Yi bonfire party A thin dancing moon resounded in the night sky, the men, women and children present regardless of nationality were automatically gathered in several circles, swinging left and right, clapping and kicking, spinning and dancing.

Feeling this warm atmosphere, I couldn't help but want to dance, and was about to dance a few times, when the crowd stirred again, and the crowd dancing in front of me also took the initiative to give up a vacant lot, I thought to myself, is the legendary Yi No. 1 beauty Lianrui about to appear?

As it turned out, I guessed correctly, along with the light dance music, a group of Yi girls danced in the open space vacated by the crowd just now, and the graceful figure of one of them, whose costume was clearly different from that of other girls, immediately attracted the attention of the crowd.

Many people are exclaiming: "Hurry up, the one in the middle is the lotus stamen, so beautiful!" I don't think it's just the Yi people, it's the first beauty in the entire southwest! "Head to head, it's almost time to participate in the pageant!"

Beauty is the object of attention everywhere, I can not avoid vulgarity, naturally stay on the body of the lotus, I saw that she is wearing a headkerchief embroidered with colorful flowers, wearing a pleated skirt, there are red, white, black pinstripes between the lower horizontals, the tone is harmonious, and then the bottom is cyan, the knees are scattered, trumpet-shaped, the folds are flashing, light and elegant, with the rhythm of the dance, the white jade-like thin waist looms, this is Ling Bo Weibu, Luo socks dust.

Because there is a certain distance, and after all, it is night, and the appearance is not too clear, but looking at the outline must be a beauty.

I stood outside the dancing crowd, and I didn't dance to see a lot of people, with my 180CM not short height, the crowd in front of me did not block my vision at all, at this time is dancing lotus stamen, seems to be in my direction while smiling sweetly, I am not used to looking at beautiful girls, so I looked away.

AT THE MOMENT WHEN MY GAZE CHANGED, I SAW A PERSON IN THE CROWD LOOKING STUPIDLY AT THE PLACE WHERE THE LOTUS STAMEN WAS WITH A VERY OBSCENE GAZE, THIS IS A PERSON TALLER THAN ME, ESTIMATED TO BE 185CM, BUT VERY THIN.

This person's face is quite delicate, but those eyes show a look that wants to devour the beautiful women they see alive, and there is a vague movement of swallowing saliva, which is simply a marshal of Tianpeng who has suffered a famine.

This guy seemed to feel that his eyes were looking at him, and he also looked at me, and he pointed at the lotus stamen, and showed a look like you know, I secretly said don't be so, you beast.

I decided to ignore this lewd man, and looked at the center of the venue, wanting to see more of the beauty of the lotus dance, when suddenly there was a strong vibration on the ground, accompanied by a loud roar, and everyone present stopped dancing and looked towards the place where the sound was made, and it was Niuwang Temple.

Note: Heavenly Bodhisattva - The Yi people in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province still love to keep the "Heavenly Bodhisattva", the Yi people believe that when the soul of people (especially infants and young children) is frightened by ghosts or inadvertently, the soul of the person will run to the "Heavenly Bodhisattva" to hide, and the "Heavenly Bodhisattva" will play a role in protecting the health and longevity of the soul. Therefore, after each baby croaks to the ground, he chooses an auspicious day to give the child a haircut, and the top of the head is to grow a long hair (called "the main ratio" in Yi language), and then every time he cuts his hair, he leaves it, and over time the "Heavenly Bodhisattva" grows. Generally, little boys basically choose a good day at the age of 8 or so, hold a grand "Heavenly Bodhisattva" haircut ceremony, invite relatives and friends to congratulate on the same day, and invite a famous, childlike, wealthy barber to cut off the "Heavenly Bodhisattva" hairstyle. The long Celestial Bodhisattva is usually wrapped around the top of his head, forming a black silk handkerchief, which resembles a mountain peak coiled on his head. Among the taboos of the Yi people's behavior, it is taboo to touch the man's "heavenly bodhisattva" (there is a saying in the Yi people: if you touch the "heavenly bodhisattva", you will pay nine horses), and the taboo offender must slaughter livestock, drink and apologize. Those who were low-ranking taboo before liberation were also in danger of having their arms cut off and being executed. If the "Heavenly Bodhisattva" is touched by a woman, the man will be unlucky for life, and the "Heavenly Bodhisattva" must be shaved afterwards, otherwise the soul will not return to the ancestral realm after death. Nowadays, it is rare to see the "Heavenly Bodhisattva" in Liangshan Prefecture.