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This article examines the political culture of the Naxi ethnic group, historically known as "Moso," who reside primarily in Lijiang, Yunnan, at a crossroads of Han, Tibetan, and Bai cultural influences. The Naxi absorbed elements of Tibetan and Han Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and folk shamanism to create the distinctive Dongba culture, which forms the core of Naxi identity. Applying Gabriel Almond's political culture theory—defined as members' subjective orientations toward the political system and political process—the author defines Naxi political culture as the shared psychological orientations of Naxi people toward politics, shaped by their history, society, economy, and culture. The article argues that Naxi culture shaped specific psychological and behavioral patterns influencing how Naxi people relate to political systems and institutions. It then begins analyzing four characteristic types of Naxi political culture, starting with a "subject-type" (submissive/parochial-subject) orientation.
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