Dongba Culture Research Institute： The Inheritance and Protetion of Dongba Culture and Young Dongba Education Done by An Academic Institution

Dongbas (Dongba priests) are living carriers of Naxi traditional Dongba Culture. The efficiency of new Dongbas training decides the fate of Dongba Culture protection. Since its establishment in 1981, Lijiang Dongba Culture Research Institute has begun to systematically translate, sort out the ancient Dongba scripts and impart Dongba Culture and train young Dongbas. This culture inheritance project has been done with the direction of experts, teaching of erudite Dongbas, support of the local government, but being isolated with the original places. In the era of modern civilization and economy expanding, the state, changes, results, experiences of the Dongba Culture inheritance and young Dongbas training in the institute, which can be references for other non-material cultural heritage protections, will be narrated and analyzed. Finally, some suggestions of the author will be given in this paper.

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