Men of the Naxi ethnic group reads the Naxi pictograph, in Lijiang city of southwest China's Yunnan Province on April 11, 2007. Naxi pictograph, which is now still used by a group of Naxi ethnic people, is a drawing pictograph and has a history of over 1000 years. Efforts have been made over more than two decades, to rescue the nearly lost ancient characters. Lijiang has now collected 12,000 books from folks, which written in pictograph on various fields as classics, culture, medicine, agriculture, chronometer and dancing. Moreover, a group of people have been educated to read, write and use the pictograph.(Xinhua Photo)

A man of the Naxi ethnic group teaches young children to write the Naxi pictograph, in Lijiang city of southwest China's Yunnan Province on April 11, 2007. Naxi pictograph, which is now still used by a group of Naxi ethnic people, is a drawing pictograph and has a history of over 1000 years. Efforts have been made over more than two decades, to rescue the nearly lost ancient characters. Lijiang has now collected 12,000 books from folks, which written in pictograph on various fields as classics, culture, medicine, agriculture, chronometer and dancing. Moreover, a group of people have been educated to read, write and use the pictograph. (Xinhua/Zhou Zhongyao Photo)

Photo taken on April 11, 2007 shows ancient classics written in pictograph which collected from Ludian village of Naxi Ethnic Autonomous County, in Lijiang city of southwest China's Yunnan Province. Naxi pictograph, which is now still used by a group of Naxi ethnic people, is a drawing pictograph and has a history of over 1000 years. Efforts have been made over more than two decades, to rescue the nearly lost ancient characters. Lijiang has now collected 12,000 books from folks, which written in pictograph on various fields as classics, culture, medicine, agriculture, chronometer and dancing. Moreover, a group of people have been educated to read, write and use the pictograph. (Xinhua/Zhou Zhongyao Photo)

A research man (C) translates books written in pictograph with a young man from Naxi ethnic, in Lijiang city of southwest China's Yunnan Province on April 11, 2007. Naxi pictograph, which is now still used by a group of Naxi ethnic people, is a drawing pictograph and has a history of over 1000 years. Efforts have been made over more than two decades, to rescue the nearly lost ancient characters. Lijiang has now collected 12,000 books from folks, which written in pictograph on various fields as classics, culture, medicine, agriculture, chronometer and dancing. Moreover, a group of people have been educated to read, write and use the pictograph.(Xinhua/Zhou Zhongyao Photo)

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