Scholarship and Folk Tradition Press On --Lang Ying,Scholar and Recorder of Manas

No mention of Manas scholarship, particularly that of recent decades, would be complete without citing Ms. Lang Ying of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences （CASS）. Her main field of research is the narrative literature of Turkik speaking peoples,     

The Uriankhai of the Altay： Inheritors of Primeval Culture

Reindeer-drawn Carts in Ancient Rock Paintings
The Artic region and the extreme north of Europe are important habitats for reindeer. In winter you may perhaps spot a reindeer-drawn sleigh speed away over the vast snow-carpeted expanses. But in ancient times such a sight was not uncommon in the Altar. This region was once a reindeer habitat too. as is demonstrated by the very precious rock paintings discovered in Handelate （Mongolian for elk） Valley, home of the Uriankhai people for centuries.     

Civil Laws and the Regulations in Miao Minority Areas

The Miao ethnic minority can be found living in China＇s Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan. Siehuan. Guangxi, Hubei and Hainan provinces. There are large areas of settlement insoutheastern Guizhou and along the borders of Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou and Hunan （predominantly in western Hunan）. Smaller areas of settlement also exist in Guangxi＇s Damiao Mountain, the Yunnan-Guizhou-Guangxi borders, the Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan borders, and also in Hainan.     

Daur communities below Mount Taishan Taerbaha

On the boundless Axier grassland, below Mount Taishan Taerbaha in the city of Tacheng in Xinjiang, these words came from an elderly Daur man named Jiazi, singing melodiously of his native place, accompanying himself on a mandolin.     

New Railway to Boost Southern Xinjiang Economy

<正>The Ku-E Railway(between Kuqa and Ehobulake)in southern Xinjiang has recently gone into service.The line is designed to transport coal from Ehobulake to power stations in Kashgar in southern Xinjiang and to boost the local economy.The line is located in Kuqa County,Aksu Prefecture of southern Xinjing.It starts its 86-km route from the east part of Kuqa West Railway Station and terminates at Ehobulake Station,crossing national highways 314 and 217     

Book Information

A Parchment： History and Culture of the Qiang People in China
By Jiao Husan
Publisher： Guangxi Normal University Press
Publication date： May 2013
Prior to the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, historians and anthropologists knew very little about the Qiang people. Post earthquake and serving as a breakthrough study into the Qiang culture and history, this book documents the lives of the Qiang people. Rather than obtaining facts from a library, the author lived amongst the Qiang in their villages and gathered real life facts.     

Kanas,the Last Pure Land

In the bustle of modern life crammed with its mundane concerns, I have often wondered whether there is a pure, tranquil place to rest the soul. I had been dreaming of it for a long time, until someone informed me that Kanas was the remote, pure land I imagined.     

Qinyang City of Folk Customs

The city of Qingyang in Gansu Province is distinguished by its extensive history of folk customs and culture, and was, some believe, the birthplace of Chinese civilization. Over long stretches of time, Qingyang preserved its folk arts and crafts including sachet-making, embroidery, paper-cutting, and shadow puppetry, and continued other traditions such as Longdong[] yangko, Daoqing （Longdong Opera）, traditional shehuo, ground pit and cave-house, and marriage and funeral rituals.     

＂Setting the Warp＂

There is a ballad Miao weaving process that goes like this;Select the cotton,pound the cotton,