Healthy Dongba characters

Dongba script is a very primitive hieroglyph, which is more primitive than Oracle Bone Inscriptions in terms of the development of script form. Belongs to the early form of the origin of words. It was originally written on wood and stone, and it was not until paper appeared that these symbolic images were written on paper. Dongba is called Dongba because it has mastered this kind of writing. Dongba script is the only remaining hieroglyphics in the world at present, and it is a "living fossil" of the origin and development of human social characters.

Wei Lan, a scholar of Dongba culture in Lijiang, said: "Dongba Sutra is now what we call a living hieroglyph. It is now collectively referred to as the encyclopedia of Naxi ancient society, because it involves all aspects, such as history, politics, astronomy and geography, literature and art, religion, anthropology, and even medicine, as well as a lot of knowledge about production and life, and of course, many fairy tales. "

According to incomplete statistics, there are 1700 hieroglyphs * * in Dongba characters, which are integrated with calligraphy and painting, with smooth lines, concise brushwork and bright colors. At present, many Dongba characters are still using these characters.

Wei Lan, a scholar of Dongba culture in Lijiang, said: "Dongba characters are basically the same, because of the sense of respect created by human beings, or imitation. Words are nothing more than tools for recording languages. When people observe things, they record them. At first, there were pictures. Now we have many pictures and characters in Dongba language. A picture is a story, a fixed content. You can see what it means by looking at this picture. Therefore, because of the pictures and characters, people are observing, such as our Chinese characters, because they are looking at the' mountain' in the plain, which is the mountain. There are three mountains, but Naxi people live in the mountains, and when he goes out, it is a mountain, so when he creates words, there is only one' mountain', which is what it means. Like the door of Chinese characters, there are two doors, while the Naxi people only have one door, so he only sees one door when he creates words, which is related to his environment, so he draws everything he sees when he creates words, and gradually uses pictures. In the words of the Han people, we call painting and calligraphy the same origin. "

With the development of Naxi society and the mutual influence of national culture, some Dongba in Lijiang created Gebawen in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Geba means disciple, Gebawen is a character created by Dongbashro descendants, and Gebawen is the transformation and development of Dongba.

Wei Lan, a scholar of Dongba culture in Lijiang, said: "Pictographs evolved from pictures to Dongba characters, so Dongba characters have high artistic value. Every Dongba character is a beautiful painting. "

A little knowledge: Naxi people call themselves "Na", "Naxi" and "Na Ru". Historical records of Jin and Tang Dynasties are called "Mosha" or "Mosuo". Distributed in Lijiang, Zhongdian, Weixi and Ninglang in Yunnan, Yanyuan, Yanbian and Muli in Sichuan. The language belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family or the Yi branch of the Tibetan-Burmese language family.