The sound of the carriage of "Gra" and "Gra", a carriage came at the foot of the boundless mountain, walked through a bend valley, the horse's hooves stepped rapidly, and with the coachman's whip, the horse pulling the cart made a loud cry in his nose, spewing out a breath of white air, and making a long neigh. The carriage stopped.

"Young Master, Wuliang Mountain has arrived. The driver said respectfully into the car.

A hand stretched out from the carriage, lifted the carriage curtain, and when he got closer, it was Duan Xing, Duan Xing did not jump out of the carriage, but whistled at the top of the immeasurable mountain. Within a while, he saw a horse running in the distance, and when the horse ran to the side of the carriage, Duan Xing jumped on the horse's back, and arched his hand to the coachman and said: "Thank you for sending me, please tell Mrs., the things that Mrs. explained must be done, and when the miscellaneous matters are over, I will definitely visit again to thank you for saving your life." After speaking, Duan Xing patted the horse's head and said to the horse: "Go, go home." "BMW has a spirit, has been rough and sane, heard the words, spread the four hooves, went straight to Dali City, and went away.

The Torch Festival is an ancient and important traditional festival of the Yi Nationality, the Bai Nationality, the Naxi Nationality, the Kino Nationality, the Lahu Nationality and other Torch Festival ethnic groups, the "Torch Festival" is celebrated for a total of three days, has a profound folk cultural connotation, is well-known at home and abroad, and is known as the "Oriental Carnival". Different ethnic groups hold different torch festivals at different times, most of them are on June 24 of the lunar calendar, the main activities are bullfighting, sheep fighting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, singing and dancing performances, beauty pageants, etc., it is also a good festival for young men and women to express their love for each other and confess.

Due to the geographical location of Dali, there are many ethnic minorities living here, although at present there are many Bai people, Yi people, Naxi people, Jino people, Lahu people, etc. all exist more or less, so for the people of Dali country, "Torch Festival" is a very important day, in previous years, the torch festival is in the early morning of the festival, people will plant a big pine tree in their respective courtyards, village entrances, symbolizing the incarnation of Ang Gumi. The trees are full of small torches, and the number of people in the village should be hung on the trees to match the number of people. In the afternoon, after the "incarnation" was sacrificed with animals, the "incarnation" was lit by the oldest woman in the village. Participants take a small torch from the "avatar" and light it on the "avatar". Then, under the leadership of the old woman, everyone danced the pot dance, singing the merits of Ang Gumi's dedication to spreading the fire. After praising the "incarnation", everyone gathered in groups, danced torches, and sang loudly in the villages, fields, mountains and forests. Pray for the blessing of the fire god Ang Gumi, and bless the prosperity of the whole village, the abundance of grains, the safety of the village, and the good luck of everything......

Day 1 of the Torch Festival: Sacrifice to the fire. On this day, everyone wears their beloved dresses and is happy. Villages and villages will slaughter cattle and sheep, set up a feast, all kinds of meat, fragrant and sweet wine, these fragrances are fragrant, worship it, and the gods will praise it. When night falls, people from nearby villages will set up altars at the places chosen by the elders, and in the traditional way, they will light the sacred fire by striking stones to make fire, and Bimo (Yi folk priest) will chant the sutra and sacrifice the fire. Then, every household, adult and child will take the torch made of artemisia grass from Bi Mo's hand and wander around the corner of the field, following the legend of Ash's fire to repel insects.

Day 2 of the Torch Festival: Passing the fire. On this day, families gather under the sacred fire of the altar to hold a variety of traditional festivals. The lads are to emulate the legendary Aquaba, horse racing, wrestling, singing, bullfighting, sheep fighting, and cockfighting. The girls imitated the legendary Ashima, dressed in beautiful clothes, holding up butter umbrellas, singing "Doroho" and dancing the Da Ti dance. On this day, the most important event is the beauty pageant. The elders are to select the annual beautiful men and women from among the young men and girls according to the legendary criteria of Astraba's industriousness, bravery, heroic and handsomeness, and Ashima's kindness, intelligence, beauty and generosity. When night fell, a pair of sloving men and women, in the mountains, on the riverside, under the yellow oil umbrella, plucked the moon qin, played the mouth strings, and told each other about lovesickness. In today's modern era, some people also refer to the traditional International Torch Festival as "Valentine's Day in the East".

Day 3 of the Torch Festival: Send the fire. This is the culmination of the whole Torch Festival. When night falls, everyone will be running with torches. Zuihou people gather their torches together to form huge bonfires, and happy people gather around the bonfires to sing and dance to their heart's content, and the scene is extremely spectacular. Therefore, it is also known as the "Oriental Carnival Night" in modern times.

The three days and three nights of the Torch Festival have their own characteristics, and every night after dinner, a certain family first starts to light the torches, and then they rush to light the torches and go out of the village, and the people sing torch songs, and the songs resound through the valley with the spread of the torches. Later, according to the customary direction, a fire dragon was formed to come to the public entertainment venue, and they gathered the torches to light a big fire, and the whole village surrounded the fire, dancing and playing happily.

On the first night of the Torch Festival, children sing, dance, and play hide-and-seek, as well as a game called "Eagle Catches Chicken". One person pretends to be an "eagle", and the rest of the people line up in a long line, grabbing the back of the previous person's clothes in turn, and the first person in the long dragon pretends to be a "hen" to protect the "chicken" behind. The "eagle" struggled to catch the "chicken" behind, and when the "chicken" in the back saw the "eagle" coming to catch it, the "hen" in front also desperately tried to catch the "eagle", and if the "eagle" was caught by the "hen", it would come to act as a hen to defend the chicken. The chicks in the back have to swing to avoid the eagles on the one hand, and "squeak" on the other. Before the game of "Eagle Catches Chick", the hen has to spread her wings to protect the chick (the person who plays the hen stretches out her hands) and learns the hen's cry "Goo, goo!" The eagle can start catching chicks.

In addition to the "Eagle Catches the Chicken", there is also a smaller game of "Fox Guarding the Stone". When people build a bonfire on the dam and play various games, the restraint between the upper and lower generations disappears in this festive atmosphere.

People reveled until the moon rose over the east mountain before returning home to rest. The girls are so excited that they simply don't sleep, you help me and I help you clean up. Prepare your clothes for the next day and prepare dry food, meat, fruits, etc., so that you can better travel to the place where you meet for the holidays.

The rulers of Dali in the past dynasties are very respectful and have a positive attitude towards the traditional festivals, for no other reason, occasional indulgence and joy can not only show the scene of national peace and security, but also can some of the negative effects brought about by governance, the contradictions between the nobles and the poor, and some other domestic factors that are not conducive to harmony during the festival to dilute the people's attention, which is more conducive to the rule of the country.

Therefore, during the festival, not only the Dali royal family, but also ministers at all levels have shown their generosity and pride that have never appeared on weekdays, so that the family can distribute some fruits, vegetables and meat, and allow their children to play together on the street.

Today is the third day of the Torch Festival.

The weather is sunny, and Dali is still immersed in the joy of the first two days from the capital to the county to the township, and the sun has already quietly climbed into the air. Except for the industrious woman and the man who had already gotten out of bed and started the day's work, most of them were still dreaming sweet dreams. Dream of a happy and harmonious family, dream of children growing up strongly, dream of a smooth future and dream of marrying a beautiful bride and groom.

Even people who are big-eyed and small-eyed on weekdays, who are not convinced by each other, and who have grudges and grudges, also give smiles when they meet people in these days. There is a young man who has to fight a duel for a girl, and he will also restrain his temper, and turn to sing mountain songs and dance folk dances to win the girl's heart in a peaceful way.

Some martial arts sects and people in Dali will also visit each other, taking the opportunity to see if there are any good guys and girls to match their disciples and bring the relationship between the sects closer.

As for those martial arts sects or juniors who dare to make trouble during the festival, Emperor Baoding has ordered a strict cleanup. For those key sects and people who are not very good on weekdays, they sent the army and palace masters to keep an eye on them.

For the people of Dali, the years of Emperor Baoding's reign were very reassuring, and the only thing that was regrettable was that. I heard early this year that I saw that the personal disciple of Master Kurong, who presided over the Tianlong Temple, was Prince Duan Xing, but I didn't know that Weishenme had not seen it since the first day when Emperor Baoding appeared to preside over the festival.

Tianlong Temple is a holy place in the hearts of the people of Dali, the host is highly respected, then the average person must not be able to see it, but if you can see the presiding disciples, that is, the next host, it is also a very happy thing.

Some well-informed people with extensive connections were looking around about the prince, but they didn't get any useful news.

However, I don't know when and who started to say it, some rumors about some princes began to drift slowly like the wind in the streets and alleys of Dali, true or false, making it impossible to judge.

"What? The prince is addicted to wine and misbehaves? No, the prince is only ten years old!"

"What? The prince plotted against other people's sects to destroy people, and let people with lofty ideals in the martial arts assassinate them?"

"What? The prince was kidnapped by the scum of the rivers and lakes who like male style, and he disappeared?"