China Nationalities Museum

The Lisu Village

An Introduction to Lisu Nationality
    With a population of 634,900, Lisu live in the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province and other places. Lisu engage in highland agriculture and hunting. Their language belongs to the Yi branch of the Tibetan-Burmese group of the Chinese-Tibetan language family. Knife-shaft Festival is the most celebrated and people believe in the nature worship, Christianity or Catholicism.
The Landscapes in the Village
    The Lushui-style thousand-feet house, the Fugong-style thousand-feet house, the knife-shaft, the knife-shaft square, granary, the mortar and pestle, the sky-watching trees.
Exhibits
    Live settings in the dwellings of Lisu, the photo gallery of Lisu.
Ethnic Show
    Climbing knife-shaft, walking through the flame sea, climbing the sky-watching tree, Lisu dancing and singing.