Qiang people

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The Qiang people are an ethnic minority group in China known for their ancient culture, distinctive stone-built mountain villages, and unique language and religious traditions.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Qiang people canonical 17
Northern Qiang 2
Southern Qiang 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ethnic minority in China
architecture multi-storey stone watchtowers
stone-built mountain villages
buildingMaterial stone
country China
culturalHeritageStatus elements inscribed on China’s national intangible cultural heritage lists
ethnicGroupIn China
festival Mountain Worship Festival
Qiang New Year
geographicEnvironment mountainous areas
historicalMention ancient Chinese historical records as “Qiang”
historicalRegion eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau
upper Min River valley
language Qiangic languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan language family
modernWritingSystem romanized orthographies for Qiangic languages
musicAndDance circle dances
folk songs
officialClassificationCount 56 recognized ethnic groups in China
populationTrend population relatively small compared to major Chinese ethnic groups
primaryLocation Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
Sichuan Province
recognizedAsMinorityBy Government of the People’s Republic of China
relatedEthnicGroups Han Chinese
Hui people
Tibetan people
religiousSpecialist shibi (Qiang ritual specialist)
roofType flat roofs suitable for mountain climate
traditionalCraft embroidery
silver ornaments
stone construction
wood carving
traditionalCrops corn
potatoes
wheat
traditionalDress embroidered clothing
sheepskin garments
traditionalEconomy agriculture
animal husbandry
traditionalLivestock cattle
goats
sheep
traditionalReligion ancestor worship
polytheistic animism
shamanism
writingSystem no traditional unified script

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tibetan Plateau inhabitedBy Qiang people
Qiangic languages spokenBy Qiang people
Eastern Tibet hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Qiang culture
subject linked to: eastern Tibet
linked to: Qiang people
Qiang language spokenBy Qiang people
Qiang language hasDialect Northern Qiang
linked to: Qiang people
Qiang language hasDialect Southern Qiang
linked to: Qiang people
Qiangic group spokenBy Qiang people
Qiangic group hasPart Northern Qiang
linked to: Qiang people
Qiangic group hasPart Southern Qiang
linked to: Qiang people
Qiang New Year ethnicGroup Qiang people
Han imperial forces enemy Qiang tribes
linked to: Qiang people
Former Liang ethnicComposition Qiang people
Jiuzhaigou County hasEthnicGroup Qiang people
Mao County administeredFor Qiang ethnic minority
linked to: Qiang people
Mao County ethnicGroup Qiang people
Songpan County hasEthnicGroup Qiang people