纳西族的祖先是曾经游牧在青海省黄河、湟水谷地的古羌人,他们曾辗转南迁至川西南、滇西北一带,并分化成不同的民族,其中就包括纳西族。“纳”有大或尊贵之意,“西”意为人。纳西族有自己的语言和文字。其古老的象形文字,主要由巫师“东巴”用来书写经典,故又称“东巴文”。 The ancestors of the Naxi ethnic group were ancient Qiangs who had been nomadic in the Yellow River and Huangshui Valley of Qinghai Province. They had been moved southward to southwestern Sichuan and northwestern Yunnan and separated into different ethnic groups, including the Naxi ethnic group. “Satisfied” great or noble meaning, “West” means people. Naxi people have their own language and writing. Its ancient hieroglyphs, mainly by the wizard “Dongba” used to write the classic, it is also known as “Dongba.”