-PHOTO TAKEN 23JUL06-
An ethnic Naxi elder performs traditional music in Lijiang, southwestern China.....
-PHOTO TAKEN 23JUL06-
An ethnic Naxi elder performs traditional music in Lijiang, southwestern China's Yunnan Province July 23, 2006. The Naxi orchestra performs music that has a history of more than one thousand years, and it claims to be the oldest orchestra in the world, with 440 years of history. The Naxi people are concentrated in northwestern Yunnan and are one China's 56 ethnic groups. Picture taken July 23, 2006.