Cover -- Table of Contents -- Prologue: Somewhere in Time -- 1 Introduction -- Lijiang Old Town and the Naxi -- Ethnic Tourism in China -- Cultural Heritage in China -- Romantic Consumption -- Authenticity, Authentication, and Customization -- Why the Naxi Wedding Courtyard? -- A Note on the Method -- Theatre of the Book -- 2 Stage -- Reconstructing a World Heritage Site -- The Development of Mass Tourism -- Becoming a Town of Romance -- Transforming into a Capital of Love Affairs (Yanyu) -- Creating a Cultural Theme Park -- Conclusion -- 3 Scripts -- Dongba as Religious Practitioners -- Transformations in Dongba Practices since 1949 -- Traditional Naxi Wedding -- Current Marriage Customs in Lijiang -- The 'Dongba Wedding' in the Courtyard -- Conclusion -- 4 Local Actors -- The Manager, Mr. Liu -- The Dongba, Fuhua -- The Adviser, Prof. Ming -- The Moderator, Mei -- The Dancer, Chao -- Locals' Responses: Hope and Frustration -- Conclusion -- 5 Guests -- The Honeymooners, Vincent and Lulu -- New Lijiang Residents, Wang and Yan -- He Gang from Naxi Mama -- Foreign Tourists, Marina and Johnson -- Conclusion -- 6 After the Show -- Wandering between Dream and Reality -- Embracing a New Home -- Resistance, Coping, and Departure -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Romantic Consumption and Customization -- Global Significance of a Local Courtyard -- Epilogue: The Show Must Go On -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index -- List of Illustrations -- Figure 1.1 Lijiang Prefecture on two location maps in 2010 -- Figure 2.1 The World Heritage emblem in the Old Town of Lijiang -- Figure 2.2 The newly built entrance to the Old Town of Lijiang -- Figure 2.3 New Sifang Square with horse riding for tourists -- Figure 2.4 Bar streets in the Old Town -- Figure 2.5 One of the courtyards displaying traditional cloth sewing.

Figure 3.1 A Su basket and the objects inside -- Figure 3.2 A local Naxi wedding ceremony in Lijiang -- Figure 3.3 Dongba Fuhua chants and throws rice into the river -- Figure 3.4 The actors toast the guests during the ceremony -- Figure 3.5 The dancing of Remeicuo in the middle of the courtyard -- Figure 3.6 The Su basket used by Dongba Fuhua during wedding rituals -- Figure 4.1 The local actors at the Naxi Wedding Courtyard -- Figure 4.2 Dongba Fuhua in the courtyard -- Figure 4.3 The promotional photo about the wedding ceremony -- Figure 4.4 The Naxi leba dance in the wedding ceremony -- Figure 4.5 Chao's wedding in the courtyard.