Literature of the Bai

The Bai have a culture much prepared with important works of astronomy and medicine.

According to his principal myth: "The origin of the man and of all the things". In the beginning the world was a dark chaos, with an enormous sea between sky and ground which water is in continuous movement. The water strikes the sky in a moment, and from the hole that it produces two suns arise, the small one and big other.

It is curious that the Leimo plan his origin to five clans that form long ago after there marry five daughters of Abuzhan and Ayuezhan a bear, a tiger, a snake, a rat and a caterpillar respectively.

Considering the plenty of deities that have the Bai in these Benzhu or Local Gentlemen, has created an abundant legends body concerning them. There are, perhaps, the most interesting section of the literature bai.

"Carving a dragon" it is a nice history that shows us as well as, although the Bai also celebrate the holiday of the torches on lunar June 24, it has for them a different meaning than for other peoples.

The Bai have numerous dragons legends, what shows the influence received from the Chinese, and his narrow relation with the Lake Erhai, since the dragon is the master of the waters.

The story "Tuchaoxian the hunter" and his heroic struggle against the snake that terrifies the world, still upsets the children in the villages bai

They have numerous works of history like: "History of the Bais", "Anecdotes of Nanzhao", and "Kingdoms of the Southwest".

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