July Fair and Exchange Market of Naxi Ethnic Group

July Fair and Exchange Market in Lijiang, in the lunar calendar the middle ten days of month holds in July, is the west person of and then one important festival. Session about ten days. Because with suddenly big animal bargain of horse, cow...etc. is lord, and then call" in July suddenly horse meeting". The horse type of figure is well-balanced, the eye is small to have the absolute being, the neck is short and thick, it is emollient, muscularity, four strong and healthy, the hoof quality is strong and tough, is diligent, raise to tread agile, be good at climbing over hills and mountains etc. the advantage, ride, pull all proper, not only in the region was use by the extensive service, but also have the large quantity horse to lose go toward everyplace annually.

After relieve, along with the prosperity of the race economy and development, ancient July would be more prosperous, become trade suddenly horse, communicate supplies, and spread culture of new grand occasion. Extend increasingly along with the scale; the address of association also moves the vaster county city southeast popular actor exchanges assembly hall. The period of the festival, the west the person leads long the domestic animals, taking vice- soil special product and various Chinese herbal medicine materials of agricultures, arriving at to grind the town to rush through the meeting greatly. Chinese, Bai, Yi of close by everyplace, hide, protect the clan brothers and sisters, such as the Pumi...etc., also the body wears the race in beautiful attire to attend meeting. Tibet, Szechwan, the businessman of etc. of the expensive state, west, the river south, the river north, Anhui ground, also the far way rushes through to attend the grand occasion. The people rush through the meeting in the daytime, strolling the meeting, seeing the exhibition, seeing the performance, from street to the assembly hall three persons of the kilometer roads flow from without a break.

The sunset evening, on the light beginning, everywhere street, new avenue and square up, person's voice is boiling. Have of play the flute, have of play, have of to sing" the valley spirit adjust", have of round the turn to spring up Alili and Omoda. Today the meeting of July of the west, was worthy of the name the ground to become the side exchanges meeting of the exposition, the race comity of the new already, display the special features that it has one space only more and more.

The Exchange March was beginning in the middle of the July in lunar month. It is another important festival. It was held not long, only ten days. During those days is the best time to exchange livestocks, so it is called July Exchange Market. July Exchange Market has long history.