Jade Water Village, Dongbashiluo Temple

Dongbashiluo Temple, Jade Water Village, Lijiang, China - The carrier of Dongba culture is Dongba religion which was based on the belief of ancient Naxi minority, when was a period of the clans alliance. People at that time believed in everything, worshipped nature and ancestors, polytheism, emphasized auspice, harmony. The flamen of Dongba religion called 'Ba', Dongba means 'wise person' or 'master', as an agent to moderate the relationship among human being, ghost and god, they are knowledge, they can do augury, they are demigods in the people's eyes.