Series of Books on Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in China—Lijiang

Author: Gao Agan (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This is a truly living historical and cultural city. Walking into Lijiang Ancient Town is like stepping into a time tunnel of history, arriving in an ancient, dreamlike world: Dongba script – the only complete living pictographic script preserved in the world today; Dongba scriptures – an encyclopedia of ancient Naxi society written in living pictographic script; Dongba dance – a living fossil of ancient musical and dance art; Naxi ancient music – melodies that resonate in the ethereal and ancient dreams of the human heart. Everything is so ancient, yet so vibrant; everything is so dreamlike, yet so real.