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CULTURAL HERITAGE - HUMAN LANDSCAPE 09: THE JOYOUS MOUNTAIN
Along the banks of Nujiang River stand many Christian churches, which were built after western missionaries arrived in the 19th century. The Lisu people did not have a written language. To facilitate preaching the gospel to local people, British missionary James O. Fraser invented an alphabetic language for them, and the Bible they use now is written in that set of language. Christianity soon became the commonest religion among the group. Their four-part unaccompanied chorales sung in the Lisu language have become very famous as well.

Up on the hill in Fugong, children attend Sunday school and sing to God in Laomudeng Christ Church. Their voices dance around Biluo Snow Mountain and Nujiang River, turning the nearby area into a heavenly place. Every Christmas, people gather in a designated village to celebrate the festival. They sing and pray in a local church, and enjoy the food they have prepared together excitedly.

The Christians in Nujiang do not smoke or drink. When the missionaries saw that local people brewed wine with grains even when they did not have enough food, they made it a rule that Christians in Nujiang should not drink to help them solve food shortage problems and improve their health. But some people hold that villagers became Christians because they did not have money to drink.

To refrain from drinking is a big challenge Christianity poses to minority groups. But in Nujiang, Christians enjoy their religious life faithfully.
DVD
30 minutes
2012
USD 500.00