Lugu Lake

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Lugu Lake lies 200 kilometres (approximately 124 miles) from the centre of Lijiang City, on the border between Ninglang County in Yunnan Province and Yanyuan County in Sichuan Province. The lake is in the shape of a horse's hoof - long from north to south, and narrower from east to west. The Mosuo people who live there are form a matriarchal society. There is no marriage. Men stay in the women's home as mates called 'Axia' and the intimate relationship lasts as long as they like. Children are brought up by women, and use the surname of their mothers. Families are composed of the members of the matrilineal kin. Women operate production and management, and hold the principal position in the society, forming a modern day 'woman's kingdom',
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