More than a hundred thousand people of Yi ethnic group celebrate the Torch Festival with tourists in Shilin Yi Autonomous County of southwest China's Yunnan Province July 19, 2006. The Torch Festival, which falls on June 24 of Chinese lunar calendar, is the largest festival of the Yi ethnic group. People celebrate the festival by singing, dancing and wrestling nearby torches and bonfires. (Xinhua Photo)

A foreign visitor (C) learns the traditional dances of Yi ethnic group in celebration of the Torch Festival in Shilin Yi Autonomous County of southwest China's Yunnan Province July 19, 2006. (Xinhua Photo)

Audience in the traditional clothes of Yi ethnic group watch performances in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province July 19, 2006. (Xinhua Photo)