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Dongba Culture

Dongba paper crafts

In ancient China, Dongba paper was exclusively used to write Dongba script on. The technique is workshop.

Dongba pictograph scroll sets new world record

A 663-meter Dongba pictograph scroll,Qianxi Tiange (Millennium Sky Song), holds the record, awarded by the World Record Association, for the longest calligraphy scroll of Dongba pictographs.

Kunming hosts exhibition on Dongba culture

Experts specializing in the Naxi ethnic group, cultural experts from Kunming and reporters attended the opening ceremony of an exhibition on the Dongba culture of Naxi people at Kunming Museum on Sept 26.

Mud Figures of Dongba

In Dongba Culture, it is more popular to use flour rather than the mud to make religious figures.

Naxi Ethnic Minority

With a population of about 278,009 (as of 1990), the Naxi ethnic group mainly live in concentrated communities in the Naxi Autonomous County of Lijiang in the Yunnan Province.

Dongba painting of Naxi ethnic group

Dongba painting, the oldest and most representative religious painting of the ancient Naxi people, is also their most special and characteristic artistic legacy. It is mainly found in the Naxi region of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province in southwest China.

The paper making of Dai and Naxi people

Dongba paper is special because it's made from canescent wikstroemia, a local plant.

Dongba painting

Dongba painting is the oldest and most representative religious painting of the ancient Naxi people.

Naxi ancient music

Naxi ancient music is believed to have its roots in Xian ancient music.

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