Jinsha Lisu Township, Dechang County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

Lisu Township in Jinsha

Dechang County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Nanshan Lisu township was established in 1957, merged into Han District commune in 1959, established Jinsha Lisu Township in 1962, changed to Jinsha commune in 1972, and resumed Jinsha Lisu Township in 1984. Located in the southeast of the county, 30 kilometers away from the county. It covers an area of 74 square kilometers and has a population of 2749 (2017).

brief introduction

Chengdu Kunming railway and 108 National Road transit. It has jurisdiction over three village committees, namely Guanyintang, huangzhuba and wangjiaping. Agricultural production of corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, sugar cane, and Zanthoxylum, fungus, pine resin, walnut, mushrooms. Cattle, sheep and pigs are the main breeding industries.

Ethnic information

It is said that the Lisu nationality in Dechang is from the middle of Qing Dynasty. The female skirt is wavy with water. In front of the skirt, there is a square, non embroidered pattern and broken skirt door cloth. This is the main sign of the difference between the Lisu nationality in Dechang and other places. It means that when the Lisu nationality in Dechang moved to Dechang, it was different from the Lisu nationality in other places The people were cut off by the water of a river, and the Lisu People had no words, so they made this ambition in clothing. Because the Lisu People in Dechang are far away from those in Nujiang and Lijiang of Yunnan Province, there are great differences in residence, costumes and festival customs. They are the best preserved and most complete group of Lisu People's production and living customs. Most of the Lisu People in Dechang are wooden houses and bamboo houses, but most of them are green tiles on earth walls. Up to now, they still keep the custom of drying the grain with the Bagu building. On the fifth day of the first month of each year, they kill roosters to present the Bagu building. The next year, the harvest of the Bagu will be more abundant. However, the Bagu building has long disappeared in the Lisu inhabited areas of Yunnan Province. The dried vegetables eaten by the Lisu People in Dechang maintain a very strong national characteristics. Every winter, after the vegetables are slightly dried, they are braided and hung on the roof beams of the village. When the young people don't pick them up, they take them off, wash them and cut them. They can be fried and cooked to become a good food. Today, the Lichu people in Dechang still keep the ancient custom of weaving linen. White linen is still the dominant fabric for women's pleated skirts. Therefore, planting, drying, twisting, spinning, weaving and making clothes are still popular among women in Dechang.

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