Torch festival is Xinghui festival in ancient time, which is popular in Yi, Bai, Han and other ethnic groups in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places and generally held in late June and late December, and its significance marks the beginning of the new year. The paper demonstrates its original nature and ancient origins with the help of the relic of Two Divisions of a Year in Yi calendar and Yi＇s traditional stellar observational method. Furthermore, the paper discusses the problem of Higher Culture in Chinese ethnology and elaborates the importance of documents and archives to the studies of ethnic civilizations on the basis of the origin of Torch festival.
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机译：科学和专业期刊：工作和安全1-2006（Rad i sigurnost，1-2006）。 Chemical abstracts，Enviroline，Health and safety science abstracts，pollution abstracts and Ergonomics abstracts。
