The National Culture of Weixi Lisu Autonomous County

Lisu people in Weixi Lisu Autonomous County mainly live in alpine and semi-mountainous areas with high mountains and steep slopes and relatively poor living environment. The Lancang River and Jinsha River basins with good hydrothermal conditions mainly include Bai, Naxi, Tibetan and Han. According to administrative divisions, Baohe Town, the county seat, is the main settlement of the Han nationality. Yongchun Township and Ye Zhi Town have three village committees, Gigi Lai, Zhenpu and Lemei, Tacheng Town has two village committees, Bie and Haini, and Pantiange Township, where Naxi people are concentrated, while Bati Township and Tacheng Town are two towns where Tibetans are widely distributed. Bai people are scattered and mixed, and most of them are branches of Bai people known as "Nama people". The main settlements are five village committees in Deng Wei Township, namely, Fuchuan, Xiaodian, Tuoluo and Beidian, Jiahe Village Committee in Zhonglu Township, Xiaole Village Committee in Baijixun Township, Tuozhi Village Committee in Yongchun Township, Orange Village Committee and Lanyong Village Committee in Pantiange Township. There are also Bai people. In addition, there are Naxi branch "Mali Masha people" living in Zhenhai Ni and Kona village committees in Tacheng.

Lisu

Lisu is a descendant of Lisu, that is, a branch of Tibeto-Burman language family, and its language belongs to Yi branch of Tibeto-Burman language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. Lisu people are mainly engaged in agriculture. His marriage is monogamous. The dress characteristics of Lisu nationality are that women wear embroidered tops and linen skirts, and like to wear red and white beads, corals, shells and other accessories; The man was wearing a short coat, a linen gown, a sword on his left waist and an arrow bag on his right waist. Traditional festivals include Singles' Day, Spring Festival, Knife and Pole Festival and Harvest Festival.

singing and dancing

Lisu folk songs and dances include Achi Papaya, Pottery and Dancing to the Foot. Tibetan songs and dances include Reba dance, and Naxi songs include Ale.

Chinese opera

Daci Opera of Han nationality in Baohe Town, Weixi Lisu Autonomous County is known as the "living fossil" in the history of China opera, and it is an important local opera among more than 300 operas in China.

religion

Tibetan Buddhism, Catholicism and Christianity exist in Weixi Lisu Autonomous County. At the same time, most ethnic minorities have their own primitive religions, and many religions get along well with different sects.