Qiang New Year
E633881
Qiang New Year is a traditional ethnic festival of the Qiang people in China, marked by ancestral worship, folk performances, and communal celebrations to welcome the new year.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qiang New Year canonical | 1 |
| Qiang Nian Festival | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6972007 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qiang New Year Context triple: [Qiang people, festival, Qiang New Year]
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A.
Miao New Year
Miao New Year is a major traditional festival of the Miao people, marked by ancestral worship, singing, dancing, bullfighting, and other communal celebrations that usher in the new year according to the Miao calendar.
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B.
Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important traditional Chinese New Year celebration, marked by family reunions, festive meals, cultural rituals, and the welcoming of the lunar new year.
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C.
Chūnxī Lù
Chūnxī Lù is a major commercial and shopping street in Chengdu, China, known for its bustling retail scene and modern urban atmosphere.
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D.
Laba Festival
Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday marking the prelude to the Lunar New Year, celebrated with offerings and the eating of Laba congee to pray for good fortune and a bountiful harvest.
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E.
Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese celebration marking the end of Lunar New Year festivities, featuring lantern displays, riddle games, and communal gatherings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qiang New Year Target entity description: Qiang New Year is a traditional ethnic festival of the Qiang people in China, marked by ancestral worship, folk performances, and communal celebrations to welcome the new year.
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A.
Miao New Year
Miao New Year is a major traditional festival of the Miao people, marked by ancestral worship, singing, dancing, bullfighting, and other communal celebrations that usher in the new year according to the Miao calendar.
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B.
Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important traditional Chinese New Year celebration, marked by family reunions, festive meals, cultural rituals, and the welcoming of the lunar new year.
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C.
Chūnxī Lù
Chūnxī Lù is a major commercial and shopping street in Chengdu, China, known for its bustling retail scene and modern urban atmosphere.
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D.
Laba Festival
Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday marking the prelude to the Lunar New Year, celebrated with offerings and the eating of Laba congee to pray for good fortune and a bountiful harvest.
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E.
Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese celebration marking the end of Lunar New Year festivities, featuring lantern displays, riddle games, and communal gatherings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intangible cultural heritage
ⓘ
traditional festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Qiang Nian Festival
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linked to:
Qiang New Year
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| calendarSystem | Qiang traditional calendar ⓘ |
| celebratedBy | Qiang communities ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important symbol of Qiang ethnic identity
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preserves traditional Qiang customs ⓘ |
| danceGenre | Qiang circle dance ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Qiang people ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
Qiang dance performances
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cleaning and decorating houses ⓘ communal feasting ⓘ drinking wine ⓘ folk song performances ⓘ folk sports and games ⓘ offering sacrifices to ancestors ⓘ offering sacrifices to mountain gods ⓘ playing traditional Qiang musical instruments ⓘ prayer for good harvest ⓘ prayer for peace and safety ⓘ sacrificial ceremonies ⓘ wearing traditional Qiang costumes ⓘ |
| hasFood |
Qiang-style steamed buns
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home-brewed Qiang liquor ⓘ roast lamb ⓘ |
| hasRitualObject |
grain offerings
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incense ⓘ offerings of livestock ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| languageContext | Qiang language ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
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Li County ⓘ Mao County ⓘ Sichuan Province ⓘ Wenchuan County ⓘ |
| musicGenre | Qiang folk music ⓘ |
| purpose |
expressing gratitude to ancestors
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praying for good harvests ⓘ strengthening community bonds ⓘ welcoming the new year ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | National Intangible Cultural Heritage of China ⓘ |
| religiousElement |
ancestral worship
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nature worship ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
community cohesion
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intergenerational transmission of Qiang culture ⓘ |
| timeOfYear |
early lunar October
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late lunar September ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Qiang New Year Description of subject: Qiang New Year is a traditional ethnic festival of the Qiang people in China, marked by ancestral worship, folk performances, and communal celebrations to welcome the new year.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Qiang New Year