Naxi women are responsible for the hewing and hauling, marketing, most of the fieldwork, and managing the family's money. Men still retain ownership of the property, however. Frog-shaped, the top is black and the bottom white, representing night and day, while across the center seven embroidered circlets represent the stars of the Big Dipper. A true matrilineal society exists northeast of Lijiang among the Mosu, in the area of Lugu Lake. There, the house and land pass from mother to daughter, and all children remain permanently attached to their mother's household.
Women manage the household, and fieldwork and men are very much in the background.
With quiet and broad water, the bend has been of strategic importance since ancient times. In May 1936, the Red Army, led by He Long and Ren Bishi, also crossed the river here. The village of Stone Drum stands by the Jinsha River and faces the great bend. It got its name from a large, cylindrical, marble tablet shaped like a drum. Top Tiger Leaping Gorge Extending for 15 kilometers from the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain of Lijiang to Haba Snow Mountain of Zhongdian, Hutiao Gorge, with a drop of 3,000 meters, is believed to be one of the world's deepest canyons.