Wenquan Administrative Village, Yongning Township, Ninglang Yi Autonomous County, Lijiang City is located in the north of Yongning Township. Walabie is the seat of the Wenquan Administrative Village Villagers Committee. It is a village inhabited by the Naxi Mosuo people. It is 2,680 meters above sea level, with 56 households and 422 people. The per capita land area is 6.12 mu, and the per capita income is 616 yuan (2003). It is located in the semi-mountainous and mountainous areas, and the forest coverage rate is 36.74%. Because it is located at the transportation hub of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet, the exchange of personnel and goods was frequent in the past. The Mosuo hemp fabrics, Surima wine, and dining woodware produced locally have ethnic characteristics and a certain degree of popularity. There are symbols with the initial nature of writing. Awo Yishi Tuoding, a Daba (priest) of Walabie, has preserved a book of Mosuo divination, with a total of 12 chapters, each of which records the auspicious and unlucky days of a month, with a total of 32 symbols. Each symbol has a fixed shape, sound, and meaning, and has the initial characteristics of writing. It is an ancient and emerging text, which is limited to Daba divination. The number of symbols is small, and they cannot form sentences to record language and communicate ideas. They are just record symbols of the primitive religion of Daba, and are in the initial stage of pictographic writing. The Mosuo people believe in Lamaism, and most lamas know Tibetan. Weaving is one of the handicrafts that Mosuo women must know. They weave linen and homespun cloth to sew clothes. Winemaking is also one of the main crafts of Mosuo women. The wine they brew is divided into two types: 咣当酒 (white wine) and 素利马酒. Leather making is also another handicraft in Walabie Village, and the representative figure is 66-year-old Aqinima. The existing residential buildings in Walabie can be roughly divided into traditional matriarchal courtyards, rammed earth structure courtyards, and brick-wood structure non-traditional residential buildings. Traditional matriarchal courtyards account for 94.64%, and it is the village that best preserves traditional residential buildings in the entire Yongningba Mosuo village. The house-building customs also maintain a traditional appearance, including the ritual process of choosing the foundation, choosing the direction, choosing the day to cut wood, setting up male and female pillars, building a fire pit, and entering the fire. The clothing of Mosuo elderly women is dignified and simple, while that of young women is colorful. They wear a gold-rimmed large-collared jacket with silver and copper buttons, or knotted buttons with beads and cloth. They wear a yellow, green or pink satin underwear with collar and cuffs under the gold-rimmed jacket, and a pleated skirt that reaches the ankles and a red flower ribbon around the waist. Some middle-aged and elderly women also like to add a sheepskin shawl to the gold-rimmed large-collared jacket. Men wear gold-rimmed large-collared jackets, belts, waist knives, and wide-legged pants. The main colors of middle-aged and elderly people are black, red and green, while young people like bright and colorful colors. Boys and girls wear blue or yellow long gowns before the coming-of-age ceremony at the age of 13. They wear gold-rimmed large-collared jackets at the coming-of-age ceremony. Girls wear skirts and boys wear pants, indicating that they have become adults and can participate in social activities. The Mosuo characteristic crafts in Walabie Village mainly include weaving belts and bed sheets. Almost every household in the village has a loom, and middle-aged and elderly women can weave. Belts are generally used by both men and women, and are also precious gifts given by girls to men during their friendship with "Azhu". There are hemp, wool or "Kaisimi" yarn weaving, with rich and exquisite patterns and bright colors. There are two kinds of bed sheets, 0 sheets woven with "Kaisimi" and wool blankets woven with pure wool yarn, with white backgrounds mixed with flowers and stripes. They believe in the original religion of their ethnic group, Dabaism and Tibetan Buddhism. There is a custom of worshipping the goddess Gemu to pray for fertility. In addition, there are folk activities such as worshipping the sky, the mountain god, the fire god, the water god, the land, the grains, the shepherd god, and the ancestors. The traditional custom of naming children has been preserved to this day, and the children are named by their grandmothers, Daba, lamas, teachers or male elders in the family. The ceremony of becoming a ding is also called the "wearing a skirt" or "wearing pants" ceremony. It is an important life ritual of the Mosuo people. It is generally held when men and women reach the age of 13. The marriage customs of the Mosuo people include walking marriage, cohabitation and monogamous marriage established by marriage. Three forms of matrilineal family, patrilineal family and dual family with both matrilineal and patrilineal families have existed for a long time. Folk literature is relatively rich, including stories, legends, ballads, proverbs, etc. Music can be divided into two categories: folk songs and sacrificial songs. Folk songs are unrestrained, bright, rough and warm. "Ahabala" is the most representative folk song, which can be sung solo or duet. The main musical instruments are flute and gourd sheng. Drums, cymbals, rattles, hand-cranked copper bells, hand-cranked drums, suona and conch shells are used in the sacrificial ceremonies of Daba and Lama. There are two main types of dances: "Jiacuo Dance" and "Hanbai Dance". "Jiacuo" is the general name of Mosuo dance, and Hanbai Dance is the ancient funeral dance of the Mosuo people, performed by Daba. Traditional folk sports are mainly used for competitions and performances, including swinging, horse racing, wrestling, stone shooting, lion dancing and other projects. Recreational activities include eagle catching chicken, fox holding eggs, cockfighting, hide-and-seek, catching stones, throwing towels, etc. In addition to the Spring Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, which are the same as the Han nationality, the traditional ethnic festivals include the Mountain Circumambulation Festival, Ancestor Worship Festival, Shepherd God Worship Festival, the "Chu Luo Luo Festival" in June, and the "Yi Bu Festival" in August. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)