The Naxi of Lijiang

Lijiang has been the hometown of the Naxi people for almost 1500 years. As I wrote in a previous blog, it has an interesting state of affairs between the sexes. The women are responsible for the work and raising children, and they inherit property and female elders adjudicate any disputes. The men are responsible for the arts - singing, dancing, painting and playing instruments. Interesting.....
It's also interesting that there doesn't seem to be many very old Naxi men left in Lijiang. It seems mainly to be women, hence many more pics of women than men.
Selling greens in the market. The bottle of water is to spray over them regularly to keep them fresh looking.

A mushroom seller

Sorting wild garlic into 1 yuan bundles for sale

Doing morning exercise in the town square

Finally, a Naxi man (with a very ethnic baseball cap!)

Morning exercises. The back of the jacket is made of sheepskin.

Counting profits in the market
More morning exercise!

No wonder these old women are fit. They do this for about an hour a day..

Selling strawberries

No idea what she's peeling - looks like some knobbly root...