Yi Ethnic Cuisine — Stone Pot Cooking (彝族石锅料理)
Liangshan, Sichuan and Yunnan Province — Yi ethnic minority
The Yi ethnic minority of Liangshan (Sichuan) and Yunnan cook with stone pots (shi guo), stone mortars, and wood fires. Their cuisine centres on pork, corn, and mountain herbs. Yi buckwheat pancakes (ku qiao ba ba), stone pot pork blood soup, and roasted whole pig are traditions. The Yi New Year (Torch Festival) features extraordinary communal fire cooking.