13 Facts About Nakhi

Nakhi are thought to have come originally from northwestern China, migrating south toward Tibetan populated regions, and usually inhabiting the most fertile riverside land, driving the other competing tribes farther up the hillsides onto less fertile land.

The Nakhi are more influenced by the very patriarchal Han Chinese culture while the Mosuo are more influenced by Tibetan culture and their own matriarchal family practices.

Nakhi culture is largely its own native Dongba religious, literary and farming practices, influenced by the Confucian roots of Han Chinese history, and by the group's Tibetan neighbors.

Nakhi temples are decorated on the interior with carvings on poles, arches and wall paintings that often exhibit a unique combination of Dongba and Buddhist influences.

The Nakhi later built a temple to honour this god, whom they later named Sanduo, and depicted as an immortal in a white coat and a white helmet, carrying a white spear and riding a white horse.

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Nakhi have several indigenous forms of music, including baisha xiyue and the Chinese-inspired dongjing discussed above.

Nakhi women wear wide-sleeved loose gowns accompanied by jackets and long trousers, tied with richly decorated belts at the waist.

Frequently harassed by neighboring tribes, the proto-Nakhi then moved southward to the banks of the Nujiang River and the Jinsha River and then to the Along River in the present-day province of Sichuan in western China.

Nakhi histories describe a split into three groups while their ancestors were still in Baisha.

Nakhi'storians have decided that between the tenth and thirteenth centuries, agricultural production in Lijiang replaced livestock breeding as the main occupation of the people.

Ancient Nakhi town of Lijiang is a major tourist destination.

Nakhi are traditionally led by their native Dongbas in matters pertaining to religion.

Nakhi king invited the eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje to Lijiang in 1516.