Editing Mosuo (section)

==Economy==
The Mosuo are primarily farmers. Subsistence is mostly based on agriculture. Farmers work "seven hours a day and seven months a year".<ref>Hua, Cai. ''A Society without Fathers or Husbands: The Na of China'', p. 41. Asti Hustvedt, trans. New York: Zone Books, 2001.</ref> In the past, they cultivated [[oats]], [[buckwheat]], and [[flax]] exclusively.<ref name="Hua, Cai page 40">Hua, Cai. ''A Society without Fathers or Husbands: The Na of China'', p. 40. Asti Hustvedt, trans. New York: Zone Books, 2001.</ref> This changed under [[Han Chinese|Han]] influence at the end of the nineteenth century. Since then, these farmers have also cultivated, among other things, corn, sunflowers, soybeans, potatoes and other vegetables such as pumpkins and beans. Potatoes were their main staple for a while until the mid-twentieth century when they began growing rice, which today makes up more than half of annual production.<ref name="Hua, Cai page 40"/> In recent years, subsistence for some Mosuo has shifted dramatically from agriculture due to a thriving tourist industry<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|last1=Mattison|first1=Siobhán M.|last2=Scelza|first2=Brooke|last3=Blumenfield|first3=Tami|title=Paternal Investment and the Positive Effects of Fathers among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China|journal=American Anthropologist|date=2014|volume=116|issue=3|pages=591–610|doi=10.1111/aman.12125}}</ref>

Mosuo also keep a variety of livestock. Since the early twentieth century they have raised buffalo, cows, horses, and goats which originated from Han and Tibetan regions. However, their preferred stock is pigs. Pork plays several important roles in Mosuo society. It is fed to guests, is the obligatory offering at funerals, and used as payment or reimbursement. Hua (2001) insists that it is "a kind of currency and... a symbol of wealth".<ref>Hua, Cai. ''A Society without Fathers or Husbands: The Na of China'', p. 42. Asti Hustvedt, trans. New York: Zone Books, 2001.</ref>

Once a year, regions of Mosuo males gather for a livestock fair. They travel for miles on buses, horses, or foot to attend.<ref name="Kingdom" /> Here men sell and trade livestock to supplement household incomes.

The Mosuo fish on [[Lake Lugu]] and also set land-based fish traps; however, they do not use motorboats, and catching fish in open water using their very primitive gear is not easy.