On the Cultural Spirit of Zhige A-lu of Yi Nationality

Zhige A-lu is a hero in ancient time who is apotheosized by Yi nationality in Yunnan,Guizhou and Sichuan areas.He is a great ancestor in common of whole ethnic group,and a hero with extraordinary capability,as well as an astronomer,Bimo(wizard of Yi people) and emperor according to the old accounts from history,genealogies and astronomy of Yi nationality.It is the foundation and embryonic form of Zhige A-lu's cultural spirit.During its long-spreading time,Zhige A-lu is portrayed a mythical hero who can conquer everything according to all kinds of wishes of Yi nationality.Thus the cultural spirit of Zhige A-lu is formed and developed.Nowadays it is recasted,publicized and endowed new connotations in spirituous creation of cultural vanguards.