Lijiang is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It is the main center of the Naxi people, though it is by no means a Naxi-only town: at least half a dozen other ethnic groups are represented. The Naxi population is under a million. They have their own language with its own hieroglyphic-style writing system, and their own religion, clothing, art, architecture, music and dance. There is also a Naxi orchestra: old men that play traditional Chinese music on antique instruments, unique in China.
