May 24, 2011, Xichang, Liangshan Yi Torch Festival of China will determine the joint work, this year's Torch Festival will be held July 24 to 29 held in Xichang City, then, by the name "Dance on the city," the party pull open the curtain.
Torch Festival of the Yi people's unique traditional festival, starting from the Han and Tang Dynasties, has followed a thousand years. Yi Yi Torch Festival is the biggest traditional festival, enjoy the "circumstances of the Chinese national wind section I," "Oriental Carnival Night" in the world. This year's Torch Lighting Ceremony in Xichang City, Kaiyuan, large Qing, Courtyard, Hainan town at the same time, arrangements of 11 cultural events and 10 sports events. Sporting events, in addition to the traditional "Yi-style archery", "Yi Wrestling Contest", "Yi traditional bullfight, fighting sheep, cock-fighting game", the first held in Xichang Qionghai will be 37 km race walk by the sea experience , "First Snow Contest" and so on. Source: Sichuan Daily
