Nu River in Yunnan Province, mainly in the Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Fugong, Lanping County and Gongshan rabbit rural Mindanao. In addition, the Autonomous Prefecture of Diqing Weixi County also has a small amount of the distribution. Nu has its own language, not words. Between the dialects vary much between the Nu almost can not call dialects. Due to the long-term and Lisu live in harmony, Nu people generally speak Lisu language. Nu mainly engaged in agriculture, handicraft industry and commerce. Nu living in the Nu River, Lancang River cross -strait one of the nation's oldest, they are two different sources. Fugong live in, Gongshan along the Nu is one of the first areas of the indigenous, live in Bijiang, filtering water in the vicinity of the Nu people from Lijiang, east of the Jianchuan of movement from one after another in a long-term relations The two were part of the mutual integration of the Nu River region in the shape of a nation. Pentium surging past the barrier of the Nu Nu River people links with the outside world, they Liusuo by canoe and crossing the river, very dangerous, so slow and uneven social and economic development. In recent decades, Block, a cable bridge across the rolling of the Nu River, a modern highway has been closed River Hill opened the lock of the Nu River region, Nu people have been on the well-being and stability. This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: Nu fairy section.

　　The annual Lunar New Year on March 15, Nu have a grand tradition of celebrating festivals - Fairy Festival (also known as the "Flower Festival"). Flowers on the origins of the festival, there is an interesting legend: a long time ago, angry family cottage has a hard-working, intelligent, beautiful girl Arab-dried her hard hesitation, the split Gaoligongshan, led to the spring so that the perennial drought, barren The anger was fed cottage home, so that both sides of the rock into a fertile soil, barren hills into the green, but she was abhorrent headman Gaoligongshan burned to death in the cave. This is a day of the Lunar March 15, March Yangchun value, the two sides of the Nu River flowers in full bloom, the Nu people to commemorate the Arab-dried, then the day as a festival of flowers, to commemorate their respect and love of the Arab-dried. Before, the first of several election as a fairy-stalactite cave. This early-day festival, the Nu people put on costumes, has long been prepared to bring a picnic and offerings, holding a bouquet of flowers to choose their own villages in the vicinity of the cave to worship, to worship their hero - "Fairy "Ah Rong, and held a variety of dinner and entertainment. People drink while eating, singing and dancing, the entire valley are immersed in the ancient and solemn festival atmosphere.

　　Nu women's right to wear cardigan jacket, and ankle length skirt, black or red sets of Kanjian, skirts with full-color outside the lines of lace Wei Yao, the dress is embroidered lace on the head and chest to make more use of coral, agate, shells Rice beads, silver decoration of the train, wearing a large steel lobe in the shoulder. Man wearing a long gown or linen Duijin short shorts, leg wrappings, straw sandals, Baotou Pago, long gown with buttons that cover the right to wear when Yi Jin, a wide belt, often carried out when carrying crossbow arrow.

　　Nu freedom of marriage of youth, young girls I love blowing string, often in small river, on the hillside, with small groups of the population slim, sleek strings, the exchange of emotion, pour out of love for sweetheart. Boys and girls in love, both carrying a father, mother, older, I use the string sound of dating each other and give each other Xin Wu. Young girl to the mouth of the self-made string, and then to the girl's sweetheart since Huabu embroidered tobacco pouch. I chord in the tobacco pouch and left each other on both sides know that the true love will never cease to be faithful mark. In particular the profound feelings of the young men and women, the government actively sought international recognition to a bunch of other treasures to that destiny. Ying Qin at the time was quite a crowd of young people blowing string mouth, Dan Pipa, jump or dance pipa pot village dance, the elderly are singing wedding songs to bless newly married couples. Hunyan all manners of the largest banquet feast, when Hunyan Jiurou not only to the rich and also set a new venue. By then the groom, the bride married to the same wish to drink alcohol, girls like to Paosa flour, Jixiangruyi said. Married men, their parents will houses in the vicinity of another new building, separated from their parents, but the family still lives in the production with their parents and the whole family together to keep farming and mutual assistance obligations.

　　From the variety of food products, all over the Nu are eating corn, as well as some rice, buckwheat, wheat, barley (mainly in the northern region Nu), sorghum, millet grain, and so on. In addition to the meat-hunting, mainly pigs, chickens, cattle, sheep. Nu in the past few vegetable cultivation, now we have a big change. Vegetables are the main types of vegetables, cabbage, pumpkin, Luffa-yang, cucumber, peas, beans, potatoes, radish, Man-Jing, peppers, onions, garlic and so on. In addition, Nu around the lacquer tree seed oil in order to have the habit of eating.

　　Corn consumption method for multi-Zhuzhou, processing and consumption of more sophisticated methods. Using a wooden pestle to air-dry foot of the corn grain after Chung amount of water into the skin flap of corn, when eaten together with beans and corn flap meat in the pot soil Aocheng porridge, thick can be thin. While this process time-consuming and labor-intensive cooking methods, but went to the corn skin, refreshing fragrance when to eat, so this method so far is still around Nu traditional Sisu. In addition, popcorn, roasted green corn sticks or rice, buckwheat and other cereals, fresh Gong Zhu law. Pasta processing methods in order to support the Department of Aaron's pancake stone most of the national characteristics. It is produced by local stone flat-bottomed frying pan so the share of the baked pizza. Delicate texture slab smooth, not-burning, non-stick baking pancake does not paste, color, smell and taste English, who was full of praise for food. For pregnant women and patients, stewed chicken Paints is essential nourishing food. The first is fried after boiling, and there is a strong aroma. VIP hospitality and the food is "La Xia," Aaron in the Italian language as "wine Braised Chicken." Method is to use chicken or butter Paints Chaozhi white flesh, the main stream of water when the oil Submit, and then stewed. Characteristics of the wine is in the meat, the meat in wine, Jiurou-in-one, taste delicious, fragrant and sweet in the hot zone, admirable. In festivals, family friends and relatives, while eating fried small Rice (commonly known as "Baba-meter Sally") meat and rice. Meat, rice anger in the language of the Soviet Union, said "a test", that is, we bring to each of rice and meat dishes on the large loop in the mix, sat on the floor to share. Nu compatriots like drinking, and good wine. Nu's main wine, "Gu Du wine", "Zhuojiu" and liquor, and so on. Nu is the wine people drink everyday life, but also a necessity for their hospitality, clients here must treat each other with wine. Their general approach is to drink tea while chatting side. In the relatively cheerful and lively occasion, whether men, women and children, if a person will be treated as friends, and he will have to drink "wine of one mind", that is affixed to two gills gills, mouth and mouth to pay in one hand and shoulder embrace, with one side Jiuwan , With his back to drink, glass of red slip down. Qingshen Yi concentrated exposure to such scenes. Even on weekdays alcohol, can not shirk. This is because only drank wine together, you have to be a true friend of the family angry!

　　Nu hospitality, guests visit, the owner must have given their best dishes delicious. As long as guests entered the house, the housewife will be the fastest speed of cooking food for the guests, and at the same time put two stones Baba, the middle of a folder or a piece of fried eggs, roast pork. Two pieces of cake a symbol of both husband and wife, meat or eggs in the middle folder there is a symbol of prosperity of future generations.

　 The birth of life on the Nu people, it is very important. When the pregnant mother in October, children will soon come when the dead child's father is coming home to the elderly or Yuemu Jia good news, this time a group of women who have already made an appointment would be happy to come home mothers. Nu in society, women are considered children of this nation and continue to guarantee the prosperity of the family. When guests came to the mother or mother-in-law will be in their own son or daughter in the name of the wine with honey and water in return for help to come to the village. On the basis of their traditional habits, it is necessary to kill a chicken to celebrate, if the boy is born, the first killing of chickens is the hen; if the girl is a rooster. , And other relatives and friends to celebrate after eating rice, and left everyone has been waiting outside the house of the father in order to see inside the new-born baby and well-being of the mother. The next day, that's good news with friends and family will have chicken, rice, pig, wine gifts, and so on, came to the maternal home Daoxi. To be ready to host "wedding" guests, the banquet on hi singing old people or the "Song of Creation", or the story about the legend, a variety of ways to congratulate the birth of the baby. The most solemn ceremony was to invite a Zhaizhong the highest reputation for the elderly, with pre-prepared with warm water to wash the baby, scrub on the side, while Changnian his blessing. After the wedding, the parents named their children to be busy. Although busy lost in a fog, but their hearts are like the sweet as honey.