The origin of the god hunting festival in May.

In the long historical development process, the Yi people gave full play to their intelligence, created and accumulated a whole set of hunting experience, and made indelible contributions to human civilization. According to legend, the ancestors of Yi people first made a bullet crossbow out of hard rock Sang Mu (2), used purple bamboo strips as arrows, and then used hemp wine cloth to take poison back and soak it in the arrows, which were specially used to shoot prey. However, due to the limitation of this method, Yi ancestors invented a more effective hunting method than bow and arrow through long-term practice. They dug back mirabilite and pyrite from rivers or steep caves, and added charcoal and Redmi water to make "gunpowder". Fill the hollow gourd with gunpowder and horse tooth fragments according to a certain proportion to make a powerful "gourd flying thunder" The surface of the flying thunder is coated with a thick layer of raw sheep oil and placed in places frequented by wild animals. When the wild animals smell sheep oil, they bite the gourd. Because the gunpowder and stone in the gourd rub against each other and explode, it becomes the most deadly weapon for hunting.

The ancestors of ancient Yi people made a living by hunting, which gave hunting a strong primitive religious color. People think that when hunting, with the blessing of the hunting god, they can get more prey, so they worship the hunting god and often pray for a bumper harvest by offering sacrifices to the hunting god and divining. Therefore, every time before hunting, you should sacrifice to the hunting god.