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The Naxi Name: Naxi, Na-khi, Nakhi, Mosuo Population: 308,000 Localization:
Yunnan Province, Lijiang Prefecture. |
Introductory
Articles in Ethnic China
Naxi pictographic
script: the only living pictographic script in the
world is the called Dongba script.
History of
the Naxi: In 11th century, the head of de Naxi in Lijiang,
Zhang Maizong united several small tribes and got freedom from Dali Kingdom.
Love and Marriage
among the Naxi: The young Naxi traditionally enjoyed
freedom to meet and love people from the other sex.
The
Naxi and Ezra Pound concept of Paradise: How Naxi culture
influenced the work of this great poet.
Free Thesis and doctoral dissertations
Pierre-Alexis MICHAUD.- Prosodie de langues à tons (naxi et vietnamien), prosodie de l'anglais : éclairages croisés
Scholars Researches available in the Web
Bai Gengsheng.- Nakhi Tiger Myth in its Context:
The
author will try to sort out the background of Nakhi tiger myth and provide
a general perspective for the Tibeto-Burmese, or even China’s, tiger
cultures.
Harald Bockman.-
The Typology of Naxi Tomba Script.
Some materials and some views on a script which in terms of evolution of the script belongs to a very early stage.
Anthony Jackson.- Naxi Studies: Past, Present & Future.
In truth there is nothing very remarkable about the Naxi... they have been written about in the West than any other minority nationality in China.
Dongba
pictographs developed in a context of contact with other writing systems,
among them Chinese and Tibetan.
The anthropogenic myth of the Naxi people of Southwest China is the story of the descent from Heaven of Coqseelilee, the earth born man, and his celestial wife.
For nearly a hundred years now, there has been a debate on the cultural and historical relations between the Naxi of what I will call the Lijiang area and the Moso of Ninglang, Yanyuan, Yanbien and Muli counties.
Charles F. McKhann.- The Naxi and the Nationalities Question
The difference between the residence patterns, descent systems, and hierarchical structures of Naxi and Mosou ave obvious economic implications.
Charles F, McKhann.-Tourisme de masse et identité sur les marches sino-tibetaines.
The number of tourist/days per year has passed from 100.000 in 1991 to 3,1 millions in 1999.
This paper offers new data and a guide to an older resource: the correspondences between our transcriptions and the script invented by the ‘botanist-explorer’ Joseph F. Rock.
Na
(also known as Naxi and Moso), a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China,
has a wealth of reduplicated constructions.
William R. Polk.- The Tourist’s Dream, A Modern Shangri-la:
We
believe we have the tourist’s dream. This is an undiscovered place.
It is not even in most guide books.
Marsha Smith.- Constructing Identities: Tensions in Defining Naxi/Mosuo and Bai/Yi Ethnicities:
Some groups do receive a great deal of provincial and national subsidization to re-establish cultural educational centers and religious activities.
A Dongba does not pass on his knowledge to women, but only to men." But, ironically enough, there is a female saint honored in each and every Dongba script. The name of this goddess is Pancisamei. Among the many saints in the Naxi belief system, she is the master of divination rituals.
Takata Tokio.- A Note on the Lijiang Tibetan Inscription.
In 1992, a stone monument was discovered at Gezi, in Shigu.zhen, Lijiang district, Yunnan province.
This paper focuses on Naxi epistemological concept that is the base of the relations between Dongba Religion and the traditional conservancy practices of the environment among Naxi Ethnic Group.
Dongba,
the Naxi priest, are not only cultural specialists who hand over and develop
the traditional knowledge and spiritual values of Naxi people, they are
also key persons for the conservation of the natural environment and resources.
Zhang Hong.- The Sustainable Development of Tourism in Lijiang:
In
recent years, the tourist industry in Lijiang has developed rapidly, and
has brought improvements to the quality of life of the local residents.
Books and references
Free books about the Naxi
Peter Goullart.- The forgotten Kingdom.
Free excerpts of books dealing with the Naxi
The Naxi of Yunnan in 1917, as seen by Roy Chapman Andrews in Camps and Trails in China
The
Naxi in The Forgotten Kingdom of Peter Goullart, The Chapter VII of
this magnific book about the Naxi and Likiang in the 1940s depicts Naxi
life and culture.
English
books about the Naxi
Chinese Bibliography of the Naxi
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Naxi
music
A guide to download their music
Films and Video
Documentary
Films about the Naxi
Available dvds and vcds about the Naxi
Image of the the Naxi in the cinema
Art and Handicrafts
The
Naxi in the art
Art Exhibitions
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to Naxi lands
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