How generations of one family saved an architectural gem
2017-02-21If it weren't for the protection of generations of heirs, Li Junxing's 100-year-old house would have vanished a long time ago.
The times are a-changing in Nixi
2017-02-21The streets of modern-day Shangri-La have become somewhat of a magnet for couples tying the knot. On any given day, you'll likely stumble upon a wedding party.
Pictographs heaven sent but dying out
2017-02-21The 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.
Retaining our roots
2017-02-21The Old Town of Lijiang is a well-preserved old city of the Naxi ethnic group in Yunnan.
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World's only surviving hieroglyphic still thrives
2017-02-21The Tomba script is the written language of the Naxi people in the Lijiang River. It is a kind of hieroglyphics.
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Dongba pictograph scroll sets new world record
2017-02-21A 663-meter Dongba pictograph scroll,Qianxi Tiange (Millennium Sky Song), holds the record, awarded by the World Record Association, for the longest calligraphy scroll of Dongba pictographs.
