本文全面回顾了东巴文化走向世界的一百三十多年历史，提出五个发展时期说；并对“东巴文化即将在这个星球上消失”的预言进行探究，认为即将到来的二十一世纪应该是东巴文化走向世界的新纪元。 This paper reviews a hundred and thirty years history of Dongba culture going to the world comprehensively and puts forward five periods of development. It also explores the prophecy of “the imminent disappearance of Dongba culture on this planet”, and holds that the forthcoming twenty-one Century should be a new era for Dongba culture to go to the world.