The traditional musical instruments of Lisu nationality are very rich, which can be divided into plucked instruments, wind instruments, stringed instruments and percussion instruments according to their structures and playing methods.
The plucked instruments mainly include: seven books (pipa), four strings, seven-two (small three strings) and oral strings; The wind instruments mainly include Juelie (membraneless flute), Dilitu (small clarinet), Archie Juelie, Datitu, Lusheng and Suona; String instruments mainly include Ji Zhi (charming two-stringed instrument) and Hi Hey (erhu); Percussion instruments mainly include drums, gongs, cymbals, cymbals, cymbals, gongs and cymbals.
Lisu people are mainly distributed in Bijiang, Fugong, Gongshan and Lushui counties in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, as well as Lijiang, Baoshan, Dali, Chuxiong, Dehong, Yanbian, Yanyuan Muli and Xichang in Sichuan Province, and most of them live together with Han, Bai, Yi and Naxi.
Ethnic appellation: Lisu people are descendants of ancient frontier strongmen and settled in Sichuan as early as BC 1 century. In the 8th century, Lisu ancestors lived on both sides of Jinsha River. /kloc-After the 0/2nd century, it was under the jurisdiction of the Mu clan of Naxi nationality.
/kloc-entered the Nujiang area in the middle of the 0/6th century. 17 and 18 centuries, a large number of Lisu people moved to Dehong, Lincang and Gengma in Yunnan, and others went south along the Jinsha River to Lvquan and Dayao.
Lisu people call themselves "Lisu people", which first appeared in Shuman written by Fan Chuo in the Tang Dynasty. Other ethnic groups also call them "black Lisu people", "white Lisu people" and "beautiful Lisu people" according to their dress characteristics. In the history of local chronicles, it is often recorded as "embarrassment" and the like.
Religious belief: Lisu people used to believe in polytheism, totem worship and animism. Their chief clergyman is called Pani. /kloc-After the 0/9th century, with the introduction of Christianity and Catholicism, more people converted to western religions.
Language and writing: Lisu language belongs to Yi branch of Tibeto-Burman language family of Sino-Tibetan language family, and there are differences in dialect areas. Lisu people have used three different writing systems (which are popular now), namely, phonography created by western missionaries, syllabic characters created by Lisu people themselves (about 500) and Latin characters (that is, new characters) since 1950s.
Literature and art: Lisu literature and art are mainly poems, stories, fables and proverbs. One of the most famous is the long narrative ancient song "Mugua Ji".