book chapter
A report on an investigation of the Miao of western Hunan
Academia Sinica, The Institute of History and Philology • (18) • Published In 1947 • Pages: HRAF ms: xi, 356 [original: xxiii, 479 ]
By: Ling, Shun-sheng, Ruey, Yifu, Tsao, Lien-en.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an investigation of the Hunan Miao who were visited by Ling and Ruey in the spring and summer of 1933. Data in the chapters on history and geography and in chapters 6 and 7 on Miao officials and the T'un system of defense are from secondary sources. Ethnographic data appearing in this source pertain to: cultural identification and geographical distribution of the Miao, geography, economics, family organization, marriage, funerary practices, political organization, magic and religion, and dances and amusements. There is much information in this source on Miao religion, especially in regard to propitiation ceremonies for the purposes of curing, insuring luck, etc., and on the various Miao dances.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Tillage
- Marriage
- Household
- Community structure
- Burial practices and funerals
- General character of religion
- Magic
- Music
- Territorial hierarchy
- External trade
- External relations
- Accumulation of wealth
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Miao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1933
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hunan Province, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Shun-sheng Ling and Yih-fu Ruey ; translation by Lien-en Tsao
- Translation of:[Hsiang-hsi Miao-tsu Tiao-ch's Pao-kao]
- The original Chinese text is not included in the eHRAF collection. The original text is included in the HRAF microfiche collection
- Translated from the Chinese for the Human Relations Area Files by Lien-en Tsao
- Chapter X, Folklore is not included
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Hmong (Asian people)/Religion--Hmong (Asian people)