Lijiang Festivals and Events

Lijiang Folk Festival
Lijiang is an ancient kingdom in the heart of the Naxi, Dongba culture of Naxi ancient culture is the means, because the preservation is named in the Dongba religion, Dongba culture and long history, has been in the past thousand years of history.

Naxi ancient music is the world's art history of a wonderful work, Naxi people not only Jane Baisha fine music and keep the Naxi ancient music, but also to save the four strings from the Persian bomb Phi Qin, "Su-old Benedict," and called " Yuan Yi tone "of the Naxi ancient music.

Naxi Dongba to retain the text known as the world's only complete "living hieroglyphics," so far there are retained in the Ming Dynasty Baisha murals and filled with 13 peaks of Jade Dragon Folklore ... ...

National holidays are:

3 eighth day festival in February
3 Festival is the biggest Naxi traditional festivals, when the length of Lijiang ancient music played in urban and rural areas, Naxi Ren singing and dancing, but also with a hot pot to the beautiful picnic areas as a way to celebrate the festival.

On "3," the source, say a lot, according to legend, when three of the Naxi ancestors migrated to the south believe in the gods in ancient times there is a hunter in the Yulong Snow Mountain Snow found a strange stone, ready to back home, just started back when the feel very light, through the North yue fei's temple, I felt very heavy stones, a little rest after, then think back when you have been re-fixed, and we all think this is a block of stone God is the incarnation of God, so in-place construction of temple worship.

Mt Festival Every year since July 25
Lugu Lake Mt Festival is the most important festival Mosuo people, also known as Mt Council, Mosuo called Mt festival as "the monastery's Day." According to legend, the ancestors of Mosuo people is born on this day. During the holiday season, Mosuo people are wearing the most beautiful national costumes, to worship the goddess, dance, archery, make Assia and other activities.

On the switch to mountain festival, there is a folklore, legend, there is a beautiful girl living in Gorm mountain, she one day be able to weave linen a few hundred feet, the rainbow, geese, flowers woven into the hemp film, popular people's love. There is a god in heaven spotted a beautiful girl, in the July 25 that day, marry her wife that day, fairy blowing a burst of wind, her roll heaven, the whole person Bazi Yongning exclaimed, fairy hastily put a girl, but she could no longer return to earth, she was attached to the body of pyroxenite in the Gorm, the mountains, the soul becomes a goddess, floating patrol the mountains in the Begum. When the disaster to come, or beast of prey animals to come Diao, she will promptly issued a warning to people. People to thank her, and facilitate the annual July 25 rally to commemorate her.

Mila will be May 15
Mila will be known as "Bang Bang will be" is the Lijiang Naxi traditional festivals, festivals on this day, people carrying horse halters, cages, plow, rake, bucket, hoe and other wooden farm flock to Lijiang Naxi Tribe Autonomous County town of Dayan transactions.