Naxi mainly live the Naxi Autonomous County of Lijiang Yulong city in Yunnan Province, and the rest in Weixi, Zhongdian, Ninglang, Deqin and the Sichuan side of salt, Yanyuan and Muli Tibet, as well as the Chi-kang, and other counties. Naxi Naxi language speakers, East and West both dialects. Jinsha River as the border to the west about 20 million people, in-house calls to each other; in the east are divided into three parts, each with its own language, and call each other difficulties, the Chinese general. As early as more than 1000 years ago, the Naxi people on the creation of the original ancient hieroglyphs - Dongba text and a syllable words kobah text (see the following rolling picture), which is rare in the world has also passed the civil Living hieroglyphs. Dongba written by the Dongba classical teaching of the "Dongba Classic" is a study of Naxi history and social development of valuable information. Chinese possession of about 9000, and the rest of the world countries in possession of about 11,000. Naxi generally believed in the "Dongba religion", some people of faith Lamaism. "Dongba" is the Naxi language, meaning "wise men", that is, and shaman priests. Dongba Culture and Education Dongba close to teach Dongba Naxi people during the Early Tang Dynasty is in the original witch teaching on the basis of absorption of the Tibetan culture and formed teach. Dongba versatile, set to write, paint, sing, dance all in one, so they become old Naxi Dongba culture of the creators and communicators successor.

　　 Naxi to engage in agricultural production, mainly rice, corn, potatoes, wheat, beans and cotton, Ma, and so on. This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: Naxi Dongba paintings, handmade paper Naxi skills. Naxi people warm and open personality and has a book to know knowledge ceremony, the traditional virtues of Zunlaoaiyou. The elderly in the family with high status, much respect. Naxi tradition of hospitality is a virtue when hunting come back, where Lu Yu of pedestrians can share a game. Guest in quick succession, the owner like to do six or eight-like dishes for dinner. If the village or at home to the guests, men, women and children would greet them, give up one's seat warm. At home, young people have to care for the elderly to eat and sleep, to give the elderly face the water side, Xijiao Shui, such virtues from generation to generation. In any case in which natural and man-made, the wedding-married, friends and relatives o the village will either take the initiative to help gratuitous.

　　Naxi people and the Han nationality, has been the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and so on, there are other strong national holiday: Day 3, will Luoma, Mira will be, will be tools that will be Dragon King, and so will Dachaoshan .

　　Naxi deeply affected by the Han people, men's clothing and Han is basically the same, women's clothing, with the exception of some places still maintain the custom of wearing a skirt, had been diverted to wear trousers, but as a whole still has a distinctive clothing national characteristics. Lijiang Prefecture on the women's waist width of the large embroidered coat, knee-length pieces before and after the increase and the tibia, plus Kanjian, to wear under pants, Pleated Department of Wei Yao, wearing a boat-shaped embroidered shoes. Clothes were blue, white and black tricolor, in the collar, sleeves, hand-made embroidered lace, etc., open plain. Married women in head hair comb, wearing a round of the Hat, unmarried women Fabian will be set back in, wearing a black velvet cloth cap or turban. Naxi women's clothing is behind most of the characteristics of the seven stars of sheepskin shawl, the shawl on side-by-side through her seven Ercun about the diameter of a round embroidered cloth.

　　Naxi bride married before sending the pro-family brothers and sisters, uncles, Gu Jiu, and other relatives and friends of the bride's dowry in boxes, cabinets, machines, vehicles and so on the secret key to keeping up. Everyone in general a custody only. In the evening until the end of the wedding, the wedding as a whole began to show in the finale - "Gu-sister." The man's home in the central courtyard stitching a row of the Quartet on the table, the table filled with food wine, candy pie melon. General center of the table sat the bride's brother, and Naxi indicate that the world's largest Frederick concept of etiquette. In accordance with the bride and the rest of the close of the longer row seating order, if the parents send their guests could not finish free place to sit, then make arrangements for the man filled by people, filled up, the guests of the Naxi Ren expressed the meaning of respect. All arrangements, the bride and groom start to have to sit in the key to open the door to the well-being. At this time, the entire hospital crowded, people tend to be divided into two camps: one is to send the possession of the key pro-team them by the chaperone, "Kim Mi-fat" (Naxi unmarried girl) component; the other is the key to the bride and groom Hershey, who composed more young man from. When the bride and groom come to every one who sent him the pro-Sincerely, the key to good wine, was to help him and those who tend to put forward a number of issues which make things difficult for the couple when the bride and groom who want to help their smart and Funny answers, often lead to full house of happy laughter.

　　Naxi used to three meals a day, with staple food of wheat, corn and rice-based processing into Wotou, steamed bread, Baba, such as rice variety, with miscellaneous mountain potato, barley and buckwheat, hi butter tea to drink, eat miscellaneous pot dishes, And large pieces of meat hot pot. Cities and towns in the dam area of high technology for cooking, hospitality, meals and more established Begonia, fruit, homemade preserves, such as tea, and "eight bowl", "Liu Wan 6" and other varieties of many characteristics. Dinner guest to make more use of the "three Dieshui", the general in three different sizes Shengcai a bowl to form a height of three levels, in addition to recipes used by the vegetables, add some special Shanzhenhaiwei.

　　Naxi people in public places, avoid loud noise, using foul language, riding Zhaiqian to be dropped, can not Mashuan place in Paradise Festival; board can not step tripod, Erlang Tui can not raise one's foot; into the Naxi people can not beat the hosts Dogs can not reach out to the elderly, women and girls in the bedroom of the "Flower House," and can not focus Fannong in gray; Paradise Festival, ancestors, the God of War, an outsider to watch free, free at the door and sit at the threshold of using Daofu Cut down on things. In some areas, also at home, free to sing folk songs, whistle; free meal go out and look at the dishes, Jia Cai in a row; ban on water pollution, water logging forests, hunting other animals at home, not kill cattle, and packhorse The rooster herald the break of day; Jishi dog meat.