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On the religion of the Tujen of the Sining Region (Koko Nor)
Anthropos • 47 • Published In 1953 • Pages: HRAF ms: ii, 398 [Original: 1-79, 620-658, 822-870; 202-259 ]
By: Schröder, Dominik, Neuse, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source, written by a missionary during his three years among the Tujen (Monguor) from 1946-1949, is a comprehensive study of Monguor religious practices and beliefs. Much of the information was obtained from two native informants. The work is divided into two parts. The first part gives a critical presentation of the data obtained from the informants, as well as information on the basic identification of the people and the author's methodology. Data are presented on various customs relating to Tujen officiants (spirit-spear soothsayers, sword shamans, Bon priests, and lamas); dwellings and settlements; the Human Being (i.e., the conclusion of the confinement period, the first birthday, the New Year's Eve feast, the age blessing, death and cremation); agriculture and livestock; and misfortune for human and animal. Part two presents an analysis of these data, beginning with a study of the total religious picture, and various 'layers' of Tujen religion, and ending with the author's comments concerning the absorbtion of the Tujen into Chinese civilization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- General character of religion
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Monguor
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- 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 ; Hesung C. Koh ; 1964
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1946-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1946-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Xining region, Qinghai Province, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Dominik Schröder ; translated by Richard Neuse
- Translation of: Zur Religion der Tujen des Sininggebietes (Kukunor)
- Translated from the German for the Human Relations Area Files by Richard Neuse. In the translation, the independent subsections with the heading 'Notes' (ANMERKUNGEN) have been incorporated as numbered footnotes in the text. The bibliography is not included
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mongour (Chinese people)