Culture and Art of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture

In this ancient land, the ancient "Shu Shen Poison Road" and "Lingguan Road" meander between mountains and mountains, reaching the border between Bashu and the Central Plains in the north and Nantong and foreign countries. On this famous "Southern Silk Road", the ancient bridge still controls the water, and the plank road still drives the mountain. Bai Han, Han Que, Dashi Tomb, Tonggu, Nanzhao White Pagoda and history all left immortal footprints. In particular, Boshiwa Black Ancient Rock Painting Group in Wanchang Township, Zhaojue County is a well-preserved historical and cultural site of Liangshan Yi people.

Hairstyle clothes

Liangshan Yi people's costumes are colorful and unique in style. Historically, due to the numerous branches of the Yi people; Living in scattered places, therefore, there are obvious differences in clothing, different styles and strong regional colors. In many areas of Liangshan, the seasons are cool and the climate changes little, so Yi people's clothing has no seasonality, and they wear Chaerwa (sweaters) all year round.

Most men have long hair on the top of their heads, which the Yi people call "Zi Er" or "Zi Mu". This is an ancient traditional dress. After storing her hair, Yi girls comb her braids vertically to the back of her head. It is three or four centimeters long and is made of red cotton thread. Or wear a small red stone circle, put it into the circle, divide the women's coat into wool, cotton, silk, front collar, front collar and cuffs with colored lines, and pick out the patterns. The neckline is decorated with gold, silver, jewels and jade. Yi men and women wear "Chaerwa" and blankets.

Generally, young men and women wear bright colors and like to use contrasting colors such as red, yellow, green, orange and pink, with diverse patterns. Middle-aged people have fewer patterns than young people, and the colors used are sky blue, green, purple, blue and white, which are solemn and simple. Old people often use blue cloth, generally do not make flowers, and only use the blue edge or blue edge of Tsing Yi for decoration.

Jinsha inkstone system

Jinsha inkstone and Panzhihua Xuque inkstone belong to the same kind of inkstone, and the stone veins come down in one continuous line, which are produced in the deep valleys on both sides of Jinsha River in Panxi Rift Valley. The most common ones are green label, yellow label, blue and white, ice pattern, water pattern, colored line, emerald spot and rouge jelly.

Mosuo culture

The Mosuo culture of Lugu Lake in Yanyuan is an extremely rare matriarchal clan cultural relic in the world, which not only has high academic value, but also has great tourism value.

Folk custom inheritance

For thousands of years, the Yi people in Liangshan have thrived in this land rich in ancient culture, magical legends and fascinating natural landscapes, inherited and retained the quaint, rich and unique cultural traditions of the Yi people in China, and created unique and excellent national cultures in the form of Liangshan's natural closure, including astronomy, astrology and calendars.