Ethnic Literature

At the beginning of the 13th century, the Mongol Nationality created its own characters. After that, various kinds of works in history, literature etc. came out one after another,...

Whenever Kirgiz people are free and in ceremonies such as wedding, fete, festival etc., they get together with several persons or thousands of people to sing their epic Manasi.  ...

The folk stories and legends of the Yuku nationality have abundant contents and vivid language, and are full of national styles. “Swan qin” is one among them.  According to...

The folk stories, legends, long narrative poems and other literary and art works of Dongxiang nationality are rich and colorful. Among them, the long folk narrative poem Milagahei has...

A nationality that still has pictographic characters The Naxi nationality is one of the minority nationalities in China. It has a population of 278,009. Over 2/3 of them live...

Ashima is a character in Yi folk legend, and she is the heroine in the long folk narrative poem-“Ashima”. It is said that she grew up in a common...

“Biography of King Gesa’er” is a Tibetan hero epic with a form consisting of talking and singing. It is called “Jiawugesa’ertena” or “Gesa’er’azhong” in Tibetan, and spreads over Tibetan...