Baishui Terraces
The Baishui Terraces (Baishuitai
White Water Terraces) are the cradle of trhe Dongba culture
of the Naxi people. It is said that the founding father of
Dongba culture settled here to spread his beliefs on his way
back from Tibet. On the eighth day of the second month of
the lunar calendar, that is, the day when the founding father
held his founding ceremony, people of various groups congregate
round the terrace, singing and dancing and slaughtering chickens
to pay tribute.
Springs here, high in calcium carbonate
run down the mountain slopes forming terraces covering an
area of three square kilometers. From a distance, the silver
terrace appears to glitter under the sun. Below the spring
terrace is a natural statue shaped like a pregnant woman,believed
by local people to be the goddess of reproduction.
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