What are the myths and legends about Lugu Lake?

Goddess Mountain is 3754.7 meters above sea level, which is the highest mountain around Lugu Lake. In Mosuo myths and legends, this mountain is the embodiment of the goddess of gems. During Zhuanshan Festival, Mosuo people will go to Goddess Mountain to worship the goddess.

Houlongshan, a long island wedged into the center of Lugu Lake, is 4 kilometers long. Houlong is a male mountain god in Mosuo mythology. He and the goddess Gem are lovers. They turned into a mountain island, facing each other across the sea during the day and falling in love at night. Niaojue Mountain belongs to Houlong Mountain Range, and the ancient road of Mosuo people "turning mountains" is hidden in the forest. The ancient road crosses the Houlong Ridge and can pass through Boao Lake Bay to LowaMosuo Tribal Village.

Extended data Lugu Lake belongs to plateau fault subsidence lake, which consists of a northwest-southeast fault and two east-west faults. It belongs to Litang River system, a tributary of Yalong River, a tributary of Jinsha River, the main stream of the upper Yangtze River.

Lugu Lake has *** 18 rivers (Yunnan 1 1, Sichuan 7 rivers). The lake flows eastward through Dacaohai into Qiansuo River in Yanyuan County, then into Gaizu River, then into Wolong River, then into Litang River, and finally into Yalong River, a tributary of Jinsha River in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

There are many ethnic groups living along Lugu Lake, mainly Mongolians (note: not Mosuo people; there are no Mosuo people among the 56 ethnic groups in China). After the founding of New China, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and other departments identified Mosuo along Lugu Lake in Yunnan as Naxi nationality and Mosuo along Lugu Lake in Sichuan as Mongolian nationality. Mosuo people have their own mother tongue Mosuo language, which belongs to Yi branch of Tibetan-Burmese language family of Sino-Tibetan language family.

It is similar to the Mongolian language in other areas of Yanyuan County, but it does not have its own characters. Its culture is bus culture and believes in Tibetan Buddhism. Mosuo people are the only matriarchal clan society in China, and they practice the system of "divorce". Divorced men and women are called "Azhu" and "Axia" respectively, so they are called "Axia Marriage".

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Baidu encyclopedia-Lugu Lake