July Exchange Market

The Exchange March was beginning in the middle of the July in lunar month. It is another important festival. It was held not long, only ten days.
During those days is the best time to exchange livestocks, so it is called July Exchange Market. July Exchange Market has long history.

It was famous in Lijiang. Legend: the ancestor of Naxi have a good heart. They loved each other very much even they must through many difficult things, at last they got married. When they come back to earth built. They take the lave store come back to earth exchange. So it became a great exchange market. In fact, from ancient to now Lijiang has a good name, flower horse country, in the past here had horses and salt, iron used it trading with Sichuan, the 《东巴经》used the Dongba picture graph write. Have many interesting depiction about horse. In Lijiang the mules looks very small, but have enough spirit and very strong with muscular and four limbs very health. They are good at climbing mountain, fields, also very hard work and diligent. Not only it was used by local people but also was used in another country.
From Lijiang sold to another area, because of the military affairs and transport need it help in the Ming Dynasty. The local people bought the good kind of horse from Shanxi and arrange with the local horse. So the livestocks become mule in the beginning of the Ming dynasty, the Mu family take the good mules paid tribute to the capital of the country, during the Qing dynasty, in Lijiang ancient town on march have horse trade the beginning of the lion mountain in the Lijiang ancient town the local people have a big horse market during the middle of the July every year. After liberate because of the economy had more develop. It become a new market that trade horse interflow of matic politician and popularize the culture.

During the festival the Naxi people will take the livestocks, many herb medicine and local products come to the market. Near the Lijiang area the Bai, Han, Yi. Tibet, Lisu, Pumi the sister and brother put on new clothes to the market, another have many business from Tibet, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shanxi, Henan, and so on. From head of the street to the last the street have enough people in the day time the people take part in the market but in the night time they will come to the square street dancing and singing so this is not only the trade but also it is trade of friendly, this is another style of Naxi market.