Get to know Butuo County
- Administrative area
- County · 县
- Part of
- Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
- Chinese name
- 布拖县
- Local areas
- County guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 1,685.00 km²
- Population · 2020
- 185,553
- Administrative seat
- Temuli
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Basins and wetland
Three broad basins—Butuo (布拖坝子), Buluo (布洛坝子) and Tuojue (拖觉坝子)—and three rivers form much of the county's terrain. Le'an Wetland (乐安湿地) provides a wintering habitat for black storks. Potatoes, buckwheat, oats and blueberries are among the agricultural products grown in the county.
Dance and festival culture
The Torch Festival (火把节) and Yi New Year (彝族年) are central to local Adu Yi culture (阿都文化). At Butuo's 2024 Torch Festival opening, women in Yi dress carried yellow oil-paper umbrellas and formed large circles for the traditional Duoluohe group dance (朵洛荷). Local cultural traditions also include mouth-harp playing (口弦), silver ornaments (银饰) and Adu high-pitched singing (阿都高腔).
Sources for this guide
"中国彝族火把节之乡"布拖县：资源丰富 山水秀美 · People’s Daily Online
文旅新探丨凉山火把节：火舞狂欢不夜天-新华网 · Xinhua
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-26.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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