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Dongba Museum
Jan.-Dec.
8:00-18:00
CNY 30 Low Season
Jan.-Dec.
8:00-18:00
CNY 30 Adress & Phone Jan.-Dec. next to the Yuquan Park, Lijiang. Transportation walk 300 meters straight ward after entering the Yuquan Park Notes
Dongba Museum, featuring in Dongba culture has made great contribution to protect and promote Dongba culture for Lijiang.
Built in 1984, Dongba Museum is the first museum of county level by exhibiting more than 12,000 pieces of cultural relics. Dongba Museum located next to the Yuquan Park and once named Lijiang Museum, is a comprehensive folk museum combined with history, nature and art. Occupying an area of 7 mus, the main body structure copies the quadrangle dwellings of old Naxi people, in accordance with the landform and environment.
According to the development of Naxi folk houses, Dongba Museum is rationally distributed, taking advantage of the Yuquan water as well as the natural landscape at the west foot of Xiangshan Mountain. It opens traditional dwellings of different stages from north to south, respectively are caves for old human beings, nest buildings, tents and wooden room. All these have reflected the level of productive forces in each period of Naxi.
Dongba Text
Dongba text can be seen in many scenic spots in Lijiang. Used by Naxi people, it has been rated as the only living hieroglyph in the world. Dongba scripture, made from more than 1,400 Dongba words has been remained. Religion of geomantic omen, lifestyle and culture of Naxi people can be found in the Dongba scripture. It has a profound collectible value that there are less than dozen countries reserves.
Dongba Lifestyle
Dongba culture is of long standing though it divers from Chinese culture. For Naxi people, the female is responsible to farm and do the housework while the male only needs to remain at home reading. Therefore, females own the predominate roles and men are engaged in culture and crafting, which forms the common fashion.
Dongba Culture
Known as the traditional culture of Naxi nationality for thousand years, Dongba culture is sourced from the religion of Dongba, features in worshiping the ancestor and the nature and believing in everything has spirit.
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