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When women rule the roost

In the old days, when a Mosuo girl turned 13, her family provided her with a windowed room on the second floor of the house, called the "flowering room".

An end to matriarchy?

"I don't want to marry the guys in my village, because we traditionally have a 'walking marriage'. I prefer monogamy," says Geiru Yongqing, a 19-year-old Mosuo woman in Yongning township's only remaining traditional Mosuo village, Walabie in Lijiang City, Yunnan province. Yongqing is not alone. Mosuo youngsters from the Naxi ethnic group have their own ideas about the traditions of the last matriarchal society in China.

World's only surviving hieroglyphic still thrives

The Tomba script is the written language of the Naxi people in the Lijiang River. It is a kind of hieroglyphics.

Woodcarving works on show in Lijiang

Local woodcarving artist Mu Xinrong opened his first exhibit on Sep 30 at the culture and communication center in Lijiang, Southwest China’s Yunnan province.

Pictographs heaven sent but dying out

The Dongba is an integral part of Naxi culture, and the Dongba scriptures are written in pictographs, the world's only pictographic script system still in use.

Lijiang story staged at Expo

But rather than producing a fully traditional display of the province's rich culture, the Yunnan Pavilion has staged a musical named "Love Story in LiJiang".

Lijiang photo show underway

Two ongoing photo exhibitions, under the title "Lijiang Charm" opened last Monday in Shanghai, showcasing the beauty of Lijiang's landscape and its everyday life.

Music in the key of life

This October, the artists will perform at Lijiang Snow Mountain Music Festival, in Yunnan.

Indian Culture Festival staged in Lijiang

The “Indian Culture Festival” was held at Lijiang International Nationality Culture Center on July 24 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and India.

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