Weixi County Culture
Ethnic Group Distribution
In the southwestern part of China, there is a magical land with famous mountains and rivers. There is a towering Gaoligong Mountain, a world-famous Nujiang Grand Canyon, and a natural landscape of the world's natural heritage “Three Parallel Rivers”. A group of people who are accompanied by songs- the Lisu people mainly live here. The Lisu people in the Weixi Lisu Autonomous County mainly live in the alpine mountainous areas and semi-mountain areas with steep mountain slopes and relatively poor living environment. The Lancang River, the Jinsha River and the river valleys with good hydrothermal conditions are mainly Bai, Naxi, Tibetan, Han and other ethnic distribution. According to the administrative division, Baohe Town is the main settlement of Han people, Yongchun Township, 3 village committees of Zili, Zhenpu and Meile in Yezhi Town, 2 village committees of Qibie and Haini in Tacheng Town, and Jieju Village Committee in Pantiange Township are the places for the Naxi people. While the Badi Township and the Tacheng Town are two townships with a wide distribution of Tibetans in the county. The Bai ethnic group is scattered and mixed.
Ethnic Festivals
1. Kuoshi (阔什)
2. Sword Ladder Climbing Festival (刀杆节)
3. Shouhuo (Harvest) Festival (收获节)
4. Thanksgiving Day (感恩节)
Ethnic Cuisine
1. Clear Soup Fish (清汤鱼)
2. Weixi Sweet Tea (维西甜茶)
3. Weixi Tofu (维西豆腐)
Religion
Weixi also brings together various religious genres: the primitive religion of the Lisu people, Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Catholicism and Dongba. The same village, the same ethnic group, and different religions are common here.
