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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ