| Yifan Festival of the Mulam nationality is an unique holiday customs it was selected by the first national intangible cultural heritage in June 2006. Yifan Festival originating from Mulam nationality's long cultural tradition, and merging the folk customs into it. It is the fruit of Mulam folk beliefs and folk customs'long-term accumulations. Yifan Festival is the grand religious festival that Mulam people can grace and celebrate the harvest, clear up disasters, prolong life and pray people well , harvest bumpering and domestics thriving for the coming year. The formation of Yifan Festival are associated with the Mulam people's geographical living environment, primitive religion and agricultural production.Yifan Festival was hosted with the name of the"winter", it is the religious organization that plays an important and powerful cohesion role. Yifan Festival has the high status in the eyes Mulam people, in fact, it becomes Mulam ethical norms and important source to promote man-man, man -society, man - nature live in harmony and inspire national pride and encourage national spirit. Now, Yifan Festival performs a positive function, it not only maintain social harmony and stability, but also can promote development between Mulam people and brothers nations.The first "China Mulao Yifan Festival" was held in Luocheng from November 28 to 29, 2009. The Festival's success, demonstrated the essence and charm of Mulam's traditional culture to guests. It made us know the Mulam people's industrious, brave, tough and heavy Gratitude nation character. It not only strengthened the cohesion of Mulam, but also enhanced the people's confidence and inspired their cultural consciousness; At the same time, according to protection and heritage Yi fan festival also has the great significance. |