Composition of Dongba Society of Naxi Nationality

In this vast China, there are 56 national flowers, and each ethnic group has its own dress, diet, beliefs, customs and culture. So today, let me learn about the beliefs and culture of Naxi people with you.

Dongba religion is a unique religion of Naxi nationality. Dongba culture is named after its preservation in Dongba religion. It mainly includes Dongba characters, Dongba scriptures, Dongba paintings, Dongba music, Dongba dances, Dongba musical instruments and various sacrificial ceremonies.

Dongba, meaning wise man, is the organizer and host of religious activities. Because they are proficient in Dongba, can write chanting, can dance, can paint and carve, and can know astronomy, geography and calendar, they have become important inheritors of Naxi ancient culture. Dongba religion is named after Dongba. Naxi people originally believed in Dongba. Lamaism wood and natural gods such as heaven, earth, mountains and water mark the year with the lunar calendar. Many festivals, such as Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, are almost the same as those of the local Han people, among which the Spring Festival is the largest traditional festival, accompanied by many sacrificial activities.

According to the Dongba Classic, there are dozens of proper nouns about astronomical phenomena in ancient times. In Genesis, there are also the names of Ren Lao, Su Tuo, Nile, Ji A and others who specialize in meteorology, astrology and calendar. From the classics such as Bagetu and the Origin of the Chinese Zodiac, Naxi people have long had a clear concept of the four corners (similar to the gossip of Han people); The calculation method of determining the orientation of twenty-eight lodges and sixty flowers by combining yin and yang "Jing Wei" ("Five Elements") with the zodiac; Created a calendar with the full moon as the fixed month, 30 days per month, 12 months per year, 360 days * * *, and recorded the days, months and years with the zodiac. From the observation of astronomical phenomena and biological activities, people have also found out a set of rules about wind, rain, flowers, snow and the activities of cuckoo, wild duck, geese and white crane, so as to distinguish the characteristics of the four seasons and not miss the farming season.

The primitive oral myths of Naxi nationality mainly include astronomical myths and mountain plant myths. For example, astronomical myths include the origin of the sun and the moon, the seven stars and the Pleiades. Among them, The Origin of the Sun and the Moon is a masterpiece of astronomical mythology. This myth says: In ancient times, there were 9 suns and 7 moons in the sky. Nine suns came out, the earth caught fire, and human beings could not survive. They prayed to the great god for a spell, and eight suns came down in six months, leaving only one sun and one moon in the sky. This kind of myth reflects Naxi ancestors' simple worship of the sun and women from different aspects, and their most primitive imagination of astronomical phenomena. The plant myth "the origin of dwarf pine" vividly explains the natural phenomenon of the geographical distribution of pine trees and chestnuts.

We don't know much about Naxi people, and there are more historical secrets waiting for us to unveil their veil …