Tiger Sheng Introduction: The typical expression of Yi tiger totem is "Tiger Sheng", which is a primitive sacrificial dance popular in Chuxiong Shuangbai Maimaichong area, expressing the Yi people's production, life and reproduction of offspring. scene. Every year from the eighth day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Yi people in the Shuangbai Maichong area dress up as tigers, using red, black, yellow, white and other colors to paint their faces into tiger faces, and paint their hands and feet. Tiger patterns, and then wearing tiger clothes made of sheepskin black blankets for performances, much like the "lion dance" of the Han people, expressing the Yi people's happy life and joyful mood. The climax of "Tiger Sheng" is the "Tiger God Exorcism" with a strong mysterious color, which is represented by tigers carrying the gods on their backs and walking from village to village to drive away ghosts and diseases from every household. The whole dance is simple and mysterious, making you feel like you are in the ancient times of the Yi people. "Tiger Sheng" condenses the production and life of the Luo Luo people of the Yi ethnic group, and is a typical expression of the tiger totem of the Yi ethnic group.

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