文化是丽江古城的灵魂。东巴文化则是纳西族民族文化的重要内容之一。东巴文化指纳西族古代文化，因保存于东巴教而得名，已有1000多年的历史。主要包括东巴文字、东巴经、东巴绘画。东巴音乐、东巴舞蹈、东巴法器和各种祭祀仪式。 　　
    东巴文字，属原始象形文字，共有1400多个单字，被誉为世界上唯一保留完整的“活着的象形文宇”，是全人类的珍贵文化遗产。 　　
    东巴经是用东巴文字写成的经书，现存约四万册， 分别收藏于中国丽江、 昆明、南京、北京、台湾以及美、 英、德、 法等国有关的图书馆、博物馆。内容丰富，是研究纳西族古代哲学思想、宗教民俗、社会历史、文学艺术等方面的珍贵资料。 　　
    以东巴文字记载的“东巴舞谱”是世界上最早的舞谱之一。东巴绘画分为木牌画、纸牌画、卷轴画三种，其中以卷轴最负盛名。“神路图”是东巴画中的代表作。
　The Naxi ethnic group maintains its rich traditional culture, and the tens of thousands of ancient books written in Dongba characters are unique in the worlds cultural history. Lijiang, therefore, is famous all over the world for being "the home of the Dongba culture". The Dongba culture includes pictographic characters, scriptures, paintings, music and dances. Dongba means the wise man who is in charge of the sacrifices in the Naxi language. These men are erudite. 
　They practice divination, preach and preside over important sacrifices. They have written an encyclopedia of the Naxi people in Dongba characters, the only remaining pictographic characters in the world, using hand-made bamboo pens and ink, on a special kind of thick cotton paper. The huge number of scriptures preserved by common people and the pictograph itself are precious documents for the study of Naxi history,culture and religion. When sacrificing to the Heaven, Dongba people dance in a circle accompanied by conch playing and percussion. There are 60 different kinds of dances, covering a wide range of subjects, such as the activities of the Gods, birds and beasts, and war. Most of the dance movements imitate animal actions. "The Dongba Dance Manual", written in Dongba characters, has been preserved by the Dongba masters and disciples. It is even older than the"Fragments of Dunhuang Dance Manual", and is a precious cultural heritage of the Naxi ethnic group.

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