Naxi Dance

Lijiang, Yunnan province

The touristic dance show in Lijiang seems to me a bit more authentic, or perhaps just a bit less Las Vegas, than similar shows elsewhere in China. Types of dances include religious, harvest, and animal (frog/monkey). The frog god, seen above the stage, is a Naxi culture-hero, revered as the deity who brought Dongba script to the people from heaven. (But see Dongba Writing for the real story.)