The Naxi Village
 
 

An Introduction to Naxi Nationality
    With a population of 308,800, Naxi live mainly in the Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County, Lijiang District in Yunnan Province. They engage in agriculture, sidelined with husbandry and handicrafts. The Naxi language belongs to the Yi branch of the Tibetan-Burmese group of the Chinese-Tibetan language family. The Dongba writing, the character system used by Naxi, is the only survival of ancient pictographic script in the world. The ancient town of Naxi and the Dongba writing were both inscribed on the List of world cultural heritage. The ancient music in Naxi is also well known over the world. The Sanduo Festival is the most celebrated by Naxi. And people believe in Dongba relegion and Mahayana Buddhism.
The Landscapes in the Village
    The ancient town of Lijiang, the stone street, the Kegong building, the square street plaza, small bridge on streamlet, the Moso dwellings.
Exhibits
    Live settings in dwellings of the ancient town in Naxi, the photo gallery of Naxi, Dongba cultural show.
Ethnic Show
    Dongba character hand writing by the master and the ceremony for Dongba, the Sanduo Festival, the ancient music from Naxi, the dancing and singing, handcraft fair.