Also known as "worshiping the earth god and Miao god", it is a sacrificial festival of the Tujia people in Yinjiang County, Guizhou. It is mainly spread in Banxi Town, Yinjiang County. Banxi Town is located 16 kilometers north of Yinjiang Autonomous County. It is known as the "northern gate" of Yinjiang. It is connected to Tiantang Town in the east, Langxi Town in the south, Shanshu Township and Shazipo Town in the north, and Eling Town in the west. 5 kilometers to the east are Shangdong Village and Xiadong Village. A low valley river cuts the two villages and confronts them from a distance. The mountain fort here is crumbling, the land is barren, and it is composed of shale sand layers. There is a shortage of water sources and low rivers. Residents can only live by the river. The worship of the wind god began in the second year of Yuanzhen in the Yuan Dynasty (1296 AD). According to the "Yinjiang Qianzhi Huizhu Fengshen Lun", "The god came out of the Shengdun Cave. There were devout worshipers. The god gave two flags, one red and one black. If the red flag was waved after a long rain, it would be sunny. If the black flag was waved after a long sunny day, it would rain. It can bring a good year. The spiritual response is extraordinary, so it was worshipped later." The "Yinjiang Qianzhi Huizhu Fengshen Lun" also states: "When the Miao people rebelled, they suddenly saw a giant god appear on the top of the Shengdun, holding a long blade to resist the enemy. The Miao people were frightened and did not dare to attack Yin, so they quickly led him away." In order to thank this majestic god for his protection, the Tujia people in Yinjiang elected the local leader surnamed Yang to preside over the altar and offer sacrifices to him on June 6 every year. From then on, the people of all ethnic groups in Yinjiang could have sunny days and rainy days. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the wind god is a folk cultural activity with folk beliefs as its main content. The ceremony is divided into initiating the god, worshipping the god, raising the flag, and killing animals. Initiating the god: After the altar is filled with offerings, the Tu Lao Si, wearing a red robe, a high hat, and a sword, walks into the kitchen to initiate the god. In the kitchen, one person shovels the iron pot with a spatula, making a "whoosh, whoosh" sound, and another person pounding the mortar makes a "boom, boom" sound, symbolizing that a thunderstorm is coming. While the Tu Lao Si was performing the ritual, he was chanting, "Thunder God and Lightning Mother, Wind Master and Rain Master, the twelve emperors of this dynasty, ga-a-ga-ga, ga-ga-ya-zu, call the police, my god is coming!" After the gods were called, the Tu Lao Si returned to the altar, holding a sword and performing the ritual, with a stream of sacrificial words. On both sides of the altar, there were twelve strong men in a row, with yin-yang faces (one white face and the other black face), wearing palm leaf hats, long gowns, grass ropes around their waists, and water grass shoes. The first two people in the row beat the gongs and drums, while the others bowed their hands outward, stretched and retracted their bodies three times with the drums and music, crossed their hands on top of their heads, raised their hands together in front of their chests, and then crossed their hands in front of their lower bodies, singing and doing the above hand-waving dance movements, performing back and forth, often roaring "hehe" or "hehe", and also roaring a few times "my god is coming". Raising the flag: Two bamboo flagpoles with yellow paper money and black and white flags are placed in front of the altar, and two jars of yellow wine are placed on them. After the local priest performs a ritual, dozens of strong men each hold a jar of yellow wine and lift a flag, which cannot touch the ground. They carry the flag to the Fengshen Fort and erect it in a pre-dug pit. Whoever raises the flag first drinks first, and then everyone drinks two jars of yellow wine together until the sacrifice is over. Killing animals: Usually chickens, dogs, and cows are slaughtered. The killers are all strong men, with big painted faces, naked upper bodies, black pants, and red belts around their waists. After the local priest performs a ritual to make the talisman water, he sends the seventy-two animals to the Fengshen tree. When the time comes, the dogs are slaughtered first. Two killers hold cow-ear sharp knives and jump out, circling around the two dogs that are dazed by the talisman water, and then stab the knives into the dogs' necks. The dogs that are not dead immediately often crawl up and stagger a few steps, bark a few times, fall to the ground, and struggle to death. After the dog dies, it raises its head to the sky, showing a prayer, which is very amazing. The second is to kill chickens. Ten killers waved machetes and roared "Hey, hey", then each of them drank a big mouthful of magic water and sprayed it on the chicken's neck with a "puff". The chicken was frightened and clucked, and the head was chopped off while the chicken was crowing. The third is to kill cattle (large animals) and people. Killing cattle is also called hammering cattle. The killer is selected by the village headman by drawing lots. He sharpened his knife three days in advance and rested up. Before killing the cattle, the huge bull was drunk with wine, and cannons were tied to the bull's horns and tail. The cannons were lit at three o'clock in the afternoon. The drunk bull was frightened and ran into the arena. The butcher first used a ghost-head knife to cut off the head of the paper man in the arena (this was also the way to kill people in ancient times), and then took the knife and hid it at the mouth that the running bull must pass through. When the bull ran, the butcher swung the knife and chopped the bull's neck fiercely, then threw the knife away and fled, jumped into the river to wash his face, and changed into clean clothes before going ashore. If the cow is not dead, twenty strong men will catch the mad cow, and use a rope to hang the cow's head on a large wooden stake, so that the cow's two hind legs just touch the ground. Then they will surround the cow with thicker wooden sticks and take turns to beat the cow's body until the cow dies. Finally, the meat of the killed livestock and the best rice will be cooked into porridge, and the participants will rush to eat it. The more they eat, the better, in order to pray for good weather, good harvests, and full meals every year. When the local officials close the altar and everyone puts down the flag, the whole "worship of the wind god" ceremony will end. The worship of the wind god activity first requires the establishment of the wind god association, preparation of offerings, 72 animals, incense, paper, candles, and wine, and the selection of two large nan bamboos (including roots and branches) with a diameter of about 20 cm as flagpoles, and the white flags (red flags are also acceptable) and black flags with "sun and moon" written on them will be hung on the top of the nan bamboos, and the bamboo branches will be hung with yellow paper money. The altar is set up in the main hall of Baiyun Temple, and the four gods of Lei Gong, Dian Mu, Feng Bo and Yu Shi are enshrined on the altar. In history, Ren Ziyuan presided over the worship of the wind god. First, the heads of each village formed a wind god association, and then hired a local elder surnamed Yang to worship the wind god. In the late Qing Dynasty, Ren Bingchu was both the host and the local elder. From then on, local elder surnamed Yang was no longer hired to worship the wind god. The Ren surname continued to pass on the tradition. Ren Bingchu passed on the tradition to Ren Dafan, and Ren Dafan passed it on to his son Ren Mingqi. After the 1980s, the hosts of the worship of the wind god were mostly the village party secretaries or village directors in office at the time. The folk custom of worshiping the wind god is a typical national folk belief activity, and is a typical representative of the folk customs of the Tujia people in Yinjiang and Tongren areas and even in Guizhou Province. The god of the wind is a living fossil of the Tujia people's waving hand dance. The entire sacrificial activity carries a large number of folk customs and is also a unique typical representative of worshiping wind and praying for rain in the folk culture of the Tujia people in China. At the same time, the form of worshipping the God of Wind reflects that the ancestors of the Tujia people have always been an agricultural nation, highlighting the true portrayal of "water is the lifeblood of agriculture", and expressing the wishes of the masses of all walks of life, mainly the general public, to pray for disasters, good weather, and a good harvest. With the development of the times, folk beliefs have gradually faded, houses have been demolished and new ones have been built, and young people have gone out to work, making it difficult to organize worship activities for the God of Wind. The Tujia people have no successors and are on the verge of being lost. The grand occasion of the event will no longer reappear, and the God of Wind Castle, God of Wind Tree, and God of Wind Hall will also disappear from people's memory. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)