Wa culture and art

The oral literature of the Wa nationality is rich and colorful, involving the birth of human beings, the survival of all things, the customs of weddings and funerals, production and life, and so on. It is a wonderful work in China minority literature and art. Oral legends include myths, legends, stories, poems, riddles and aphorisms. Among them, the stories about animals or animals and people are particularly rich and profound, and often have the characteristics of Xiangshan culture.

The rock paintings discovered in Cangyuan area since 1965 are closely related to the historical customs of the Wa people, although it is not certain that they were created by the Wa ancestors. There are 10 rock paintings * *, which are concentrated in the mid-levels of Mengsheng River Basin and dozens of miles in Fiona Fang. A picture of a village in a rock painting is similar to the structure and distribution of villages in the central area of Awa Mountain in the 1950s, with a history of about 3,000 years.