The Myth of the Father of Five Kinds of Cereals
There was no sky or earth before.Later，when the sky and the earth appeared，there was no food to eat.People had to dig wild vegetables and peel the barks from trees to appease their hunger.
In order to make people eat good things，a young man，Bada，kept walking for a hundred days to seek for Guanyin to state the grievances and begged for some seeds of grains.Guanyin took out five small gourds and a big gourd from the basket of flowers and told him，“These five small gourds contain the seeds of foods you eat.The first gourd with three sections contains the buckwheat seeds，which should be planted on the high mountain.The second gourd with two sections contains barley seeds，which should be planted on the hillside.The third narrow-necked gourd contains soybean seeds，which should be planted on the sandy ground at the foot of the mountain.The fourth curved gourd contains indica rice seeds，which should be planted on both sides of the rivers and streams.The fifth gourd with one section contains glutinous rice，which should be sprinkled in the paddy fields.And the big gourd contains tree species.You have to wait until the seeds in the five small gourds have been sprinkled before you sprinkle the seeds in the big gourd.Don't forget it.”
Bada came home happily with the five small gourds and the big gourd.He wanted to sprinkle the seeds as soon as possible to let people eat the five kinds of cereals earlier.Carrying the big gourd and the small gourds on his back，he sprinkled the seeds while walking as Guanyin commanded.He spread the buckwheat seeds，barley，beans and millet on the high mountain，the mountainside and the foot of the mountain in turn.Bada was focusing on sprinkling the seeds from the five small gourds.Unexpectedly，the stopper of the big gourd fell down.When he finished sprinkling all the grains along Yulong Mountain，Xueba Mountain，Laojun Mountain and Luoping Mountain to Gaoligongshan Mountain，the tree seeds in the big gourd leaked out.When he opened the big gourd，it was empty inside.Bada was about to walk back，but he found that the mountains he walked over were covered with dense trees.He could not walk back now.
Five kinds of cereals grew out of the earth and people were too happy to sleep.They lit torches overnight and went to the hillsides and fields to see the cereals.People were very grateful to Bada for bringing back the grains，but where was he？When people saw the trees tall enough to cover the sky，they knew Bada must have been unable to come back after sprinkling the seeds.They went out together and lit bright torches to seek for him from this village to that village，from this field to that field，from this mountain to that mountain.They kept shouting loudly，but they couldn't find him.
In order to commemorate the contribution of Bada to the benefit of the people，they went to ask Guanyin to name Bada“the King of Five Cereals”.Every year，on the 25th of June in the lunar calendar，every family member eats new pears，tastes new rice and lights torches to welcome Bada.In the evening，the girls and the boys dance with holding small fire handles and run around along the ridge and mountain roads，indicating that they are looking for Bada.The old people sit under the big torches，playing the sanxian（Three Strings，one of the Bai people's musical instruments），sing Dabenqu（a unique art of the Bai people，which combines rap and singing）.People pay tribute to Bada by singing the following song：
The torches are shining highly and brightly；
Fields and Bazis are filled with good harvests.
Barley is harvested and millet is ripe；
Granaries are full of buckwheat and beans.
Brewing jars of wine to honor Bada；
Offering the five cereals to the God of Five Cereals.
Wishing a bumper harvest year after year，
We are rejoicing together.