纳西族主要聚居于云南省的丽江纳西族自治县,其余散居在云南的中甸、宁蒗、永胜、维西、贡山、剑川、鹤庆、兰坪、德钦以及四川的盐边、木理、盐源、西藏的芒康等地。纳西语属汉藏语系藏缅语族的彝语支,分东、西两个方言区。纳西族素以能歌善舞著称于世。唐代和元代的志书就有“男女皆披羊皮,俗好饮酒歌舞”,以及“男女动数百,各执其手,团旋歌舞以为乐”的记载。纳西族民间音乐可分为民歌、 Naxi people mainly live in Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County in Yunnan Province, while the rest are scattered in Zhongdian, Ninglang, Yongsheng, Weixi, Gongshan, Jianchuan, Heqing, Lanping and Deqin in Yunnan Province, Yanbian in Sichuan, Muli, salt source, Tibet’s Mankang and other places. Naxi language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family of the Yi language branch, divided into East and West dialects. Naxi known as singing and dancing known to the world. In the Tang and Yuan dynasties, there were records of “men and women all dressed sheepskin, folkloric drinking and dancing,” and records of “hundreds of men and women moving, holding their hands together and singing and dancing together.” Naxi folk music can be divided into folk songs,