The last face tattoo women of Dulong

Face Tattoo, commonly known as the "face painting", is mainly live in the northwest of Yunnan Nu Autonomous County of Gongshan Dulong Millennium Dulong followed the ancient custom. However, as times change, the replacement of civilization, this ancient practice has been limited to 50 years ago. Up to now, this nation of only 62 women living, one of the largest 108-year-old age, the youngest has been 50 years old, their images and life is too precious a result, the Dulong called living fossil. Dulong people are most concerned with the outside world, are the custom of Face Tattoo. Face Tattoo only pertain to women, single-language called "Buck Tu." Dulong people think that the world both soul of all things,the customs of Face Tattoo originated in an ancient faith. On the source of Face Tattoo is different, some said to be in order not to be snatched alien-clan for slaves, or that is to distinguish between men and women, there is another said is just as the worship about butterfly.The pattern of female faces are deformed butterflies, this beautiful life-form bearing imagination of Dulong.the people think that the spirits will eventually become colored "Bakui pursuant" - a large, pretty butterflies, only Face Tattoo after the death can identify with his soul. This is probably the most beautiful legends on the source of Face Tattoo.