Updated: Jul 27, 2022By Li Yingqing in Kunming and Ye Zizhenchinadaily.com.cnPrint
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Yi people light torches to celebrate the coming of summer. [Photo by Li Zhiqiang/Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The annual Torch Festival kicked off in Shilin Yi autonomous county of Kunming, Yunnan province, on July 22, the 24th day of the sixth lunar month. The festival is a tradition of the Yi ethnic people celebrating the coming of summer.