Tag Archives: Naxi
Analysis about the Civil Self Sphere’s Functions of Naxi in the Social Management and Social Change of Modern Lijiang
Analysis about the Civil Self Sphere’s Functions of Naxi in the Social Management and Social Change of Modern Lijiang
Since the end of Qing dynasty, the civil self sphere of Naxi has played an active role in social management. The development and extension of the self sphere is a supplement of official power and help [...]
Old Resonances, New Practice – Tso Among the Naxi in Southwest China
Old Resonances, New Practice – Tso Among the Naxi in Southwest China
Xiuyun Zhao Lijiangmuseum
Rotating Saving and Credit Associations or Roscas are popular in many countries, especially in those developing countries. The basic principle of Roscas is that a group of people who know and trust each other contribute a fixed amount of money at [...]
Naxi Language of Reduplication
Naxi Language of Reduplication
ZENG Xiao-peng and Wu Xiao-li
South-west University
Naxi language have many Reduplications. reduplication of Literal structure, vocabulary and syntactic structure, This paper comprehensive describe the reduplication phenomenon in Naxi language , and Attempt to have a systematic comparison with the same type of Chinese language. A character is a word , so through reduplicative [...]
The Category of Postverbal Particles in Naxi and Grammaticalization
The Category of Postverbal Particles in Naxi and Grammaticalization
Melody Ya-Yin Chang
Yuxi Normal University
Naxi is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the southwest of China.
The syntactic categories of postverbal particles in Naxi are dual: both functional and lexical at the same time. On the one hand, they functions like inflectional categories since inflectional components such as aspect [...]
Identity and Schooling among the Naxi
Identity and Schooling among the Naxi
YU HAIBO Hongkong University
This paper examines the role of schooling in constructing identity of Naxi secondary students in Lijiang, southwest China. The study shows that the school assigns an identity of the Chinese nation to Naxi students, while it also plays a role in forming their ethnic identity. The school [...]
The Relationship Between The Early Naxi And Tibetans From The Historical Records And Anthropological
The Relationship Between The Early Naxi And Tibetans From The Historical Records And Anthropological
Ye lha bhar
Tibetan Language and Literature Department, Northwest University for Nationalities
Among the Himalayan nations, Tibetans and Naxi have their own respective, rich cultural heritages. The relationship between these two nationalities’ history and culture is considered an important chapter of the history [...]
Half Brothers: the Shu View of Nature of Traditional Naxi People and Its Value in Modern Time.
Half Brothers: the Shu View of Nature of Traditional Naxi People and Its Value in Modern Time.
TIAN Song, College of Philosophy and Sociology, Beijing Normal University
The Shu view of nature is a unique tradition of Naxi ethnic group. By Dongba mythology, Shu is man’s half brother. The environmental ethic was actually a special human ethic [...]
Research on the Design Transformation Process of Naxi Native Dress from Early Modern Times to the Present
Research on the Design Transformation Process of Naxi Native Dress from Early Modern Times to the Present
山村高淑Yamamura Takayoshi
日本北海道大学
The Naxi of China are an ethnic group within the multiethnic country of China, which is making rapid strides in economic growth, with an extremely high percentage of people, women in particular, that still wear their native dress. [...]
Transference and Creation of Naxi Traditional Culture through Modern and Global Processes.
Transference and Creation of Naxi Traditional Culture through Modern and Global Processes.
Peggy Powell Dobbins, Ph.D
Retired sociologist, artist and art curator
Ph.D. 1974 Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Michael Dobbins, FAIA, AICP
Male, U.S.A.
Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning
M.Arch. Yale School of Architecture, ‘65
Georgia Institute of Technology
Hu Ying
How a Naxi anthropologist, a Han middle school principal, and a [...]
Does the Naxi language and script have a future? A consideration of some possible measures and strategies for its promotion, protection and development
Does the Naxi language and script have a future? A consideration of some possible measures and strategies for its promotion, protection and development
Dr. Michael Prosser
Applied Linguistics Department, Valencia Polytechnic University
Monolingual minority language communities can undergo complete language shift from the minority language to the official nationwide language in a very short time. For example over [...]