The similarities and differences of Na People branches

The similarities and differences of Na People branches

Wang shiying 王世英 Lijiang Dongbainstitute

Living in the southwest of China, at the border of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet, there are many independent tribes of Na People from the ancient time. People used similar pronunciation but different Chinese characters like “Moxie”, “Mosha”, “Mosuo”, “Mexie”, “Mesha”, “Moxi” and so on to record the tribes in Chinese written records. Now the academic circles separate Naxi area by the Golden River to the east language area and the west area. The people of the west regard them as Naxi People; some of the people in the east take them as Naxi(the people in the Muli County of Sichuan Province and the people in the Dazhu Village by the Lugu Lake), but most of them call themselves as the Na branches. Some east people accept the given name “Mosuo” by other people to call themselves as “Mosuo People” or “Meng People” because of academic and other factors influence, like the people around Yongning of Nilang County. The people around there live together and have the same names, but separate to Na People in Lijiang and Meng People in Yanyuan County of Sichuan Province. This kind of names cause a lot of difficulties to academic circles.

The article will introduce the religions, customs, marriage, language, clothes, and so on of Na people groups, and will point out the similarities and differences of Na People branches, and will analyze the reasons.

The writer once made field survey at the border of Yunnan and Sichuan, and made research of Naxi culture for many years, so can accurately catch the similarities and differences of Na People branches. This research will help with understanding and unity of Na People, and obviously have lots of practical significances.

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