火把节，是云南彝族、白族、纳西族、哈尼族、傈僳族、拉祜族、普米族等民

族的传统节日。白族火把节以其参与人数之多、范围之广，熊熊燃烧的大小火
把而独具一格，是白族最盛大的节日之一。
The ethnic minorities in Yunnan such as the Yi, Bai, Naxi, Hani, Lisu, Lahu and Pumi
have a common festival – the Torch Festival. The Torch Festival of the Bai features
the largest number of participants, with bright burning flames and torches. The Torch
Festival is one of the grandest festivals of the Bai people.

不同的民族这一节日的由来有不同的说法。对于部分地区白族人而言，火把节
是为了纪念柏洁夫人，为报夫仇忠义殉国的贞烈女子。
Different ethnic minorities have diversified sayings on the origin of the festival. For
part of the Bai people, the festival commemorates a queen who died as a crusader of
justice and faithful love.
过火把节是为了驱邪避害和祈求五谷丰登，每年的农历六月二十四日到二十五
日举行。白族人民除了摆酒设宴共度佳节，还会参加种类繁多、富有地方特色
的文娱活动。夜幕降临，村里的人们手持着两米长、直径二十五厘米的松木火
把，一群人在村里游行或在村广场上聚集。不少白族男女穿着民族服饰，弹奏
着三弦，用手打着节拍，围着火把堆成的篝火或是三四层楼高的大火把载歌载
舞。熊熊烈火甚至将整个黑夜变为白昼。有的村民一边在附近的森林和农田中
漫步，一边挥舞着火把以此驱邪避害，祈祷上天保佑五谷丰登。有时直到天亮
庆祝活动才算结束。
The Torch Festival, whose common origin was to eliminate insects, exocise evils and
pray for a good harvest, falls from the 24th to the 25th of the sixth lunar month.
During the festival, the Bai people host banquets with homemade liquors to celebrate
the festival and participate in various cultural and recreations with local features. At
night, the villagers, whether Bai or not, lights up a two-meter pine stick of 25
centimeters in diameter. And they will tour the villages or rally at the village squares
while holding the pine torches. Then, many Bai people in their ethnic costumes, play
the sanxian, a three-stringed musical instrument among the crowd. Some dance
gracefully while clapping their hands and spinning around a bonfire comprised of
their torches combined or around a giant burning torch extending about 15 meters
high into the sky and even turning the dark into bright. Others stroll in the forests and
on the farmland nearby the village, wielding smaller flaming torches to drive away
insects and evil spirits and pray for a good harvest. Sometimes, the whole celebration
can last until dawn.