Naxi people

E558040

The Naxi people are an ethnic minority primarily living in China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, known for their matrilineal traditions, Dongba pictographic script, and rich musical and religious heritage.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Naxi people canonical 27
Naxi 5
Naxi (Nakhi) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalHeritage Dongba manuscripts ⓘ
linked to: Dongba script

Dongjing music ⓘ
Naxi ancient music ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman peoples ⓘ
heritagePreservationEffort Dongba Culture Research Institute in Lijiang ⓘ
heritageThreat endangerment of Dongba script ⓘ
historicalInfluence Bai culture ⓘ
Han Chinese culture ⓘ
Tibetan culture ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
language Naxi language ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
notableCity Lijiang Old Town ⓘ
linked to: Old Town of Lijiang
populationRegion northwestern Yunnan ⓘ
primaryLocation Lijiang ⓘ
Sichuan Province ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
region Hengduan Mountains ⓘ
upper Yangtze River basin ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Mosuo people ⓘ
Tibetan people ⓘ
Yi people ⓘ
religiousSpecialist Dongba priest ⓘ
ritualTextLanguage Dongba pictographs ⓘ
linked to: Dongba script
script Dongba script ⓘ
Geba script ⓘ
socialStructure matrilineal ⓘ
traditionalCraft embroidery ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalCrop barley ⓘ
maize ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
traditionalDressFeature seven-star cape worn by women ⓘ
sheepskin cape ⓘ
traditionalMusic Naxi ancient music ensembles ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
traditionalReligion Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Dongba religion ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
traditionalResidencePattern matrilocal ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Lijiang Old Town inscribed as World Heritage Site ⓘ
writingSystemType pictographic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Naxi language → spokenBy → Naxi people ⓘ
Bai → neighboringEthnicGroups → Naxi ⓘ
linked to: Naxi people
YN → hasEthnicGroup → Naxi ⓘ
linked to: Naxi people
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture → hasEthnicGroup → Naxi people ⓘ
subject linked to: Diqing
Southwest China → ethnicGroup → Naxi people ⓘ
Dongba script → usedBy → Naxi people ⓘ
Dongba script → ethnicGroup → Naxi ⓘ
linked to: Naxi people
Geba script → usedBy → Naxi people ⓘ
Dongba religion → practicedBy → Naxi people ⓘ
Dongba religion → ethnicGroup → Naxi people ⓘ
Dongba religion → associatedWith → Naxi culture ⓘ
linked to: Naxi people
Dongba religion → influenced → Naxi art ⓘ
linked to: Naxi people
Yongning Na → closelyRelatedTo → Naxi (Nakhi) ⓘ
linked to: Naxi people
Geba script used as syllabary → ethnicGroup → Naxi ⓘ
linked to: Naxi people
Naqxi → spokenBy → Naxi people ⓘ
Naqxi → hasEthnicGroup → Naxi people ⓘ
Nakhi → spokenBy → Naxi people ⓘ
Nakhi → ethnicGroupUsers → Naxi ⓘ
linked to: Naxi people
Nakhi → hasSpeakerCommunity → Yulong Naxi community ⓘ
linked to: Naxi people
Pumi people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Naxi people ⓘ
Fang Guoyu → studied → Naxi people ⓘ
Pumi → neighboringEthnicGroups → Naxi people ⓘ
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain → sacredTo → Naxi people ⓘ
Shangri-La City → hasEthnicGroup → Naxi people ⓘ
Nuosu → relatedEthnicGroups → Naxi people ⓘ
Torch Festival → hasCulturalGroup → Naxi people ⓘ
Sichuan–Yunnan border → inhabitedBy → Naxi ethnic groups ⓘ
linked to: Naxi people