Tu

E424410

The Tu are a Mongolic-speaking ethnic minority in northwestern China, known for their Tibetan Buddhist traditions and distinctive agrarian culture in Qinghai and Gansu provinces.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tu canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic minority in China ⓘ
agriculturalProducts barley ⓘ
potatoes ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mongghul ⓘ
linked to: Huzhu Monguor

Monguor ⓘ
autonomousCountyInhabited Huzhu Tu Autonomous County ⓘ
Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County ⓘ
bilingualIn Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Tibetan (some communities) ⓘ
Tu language ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
shamanistic rituals ⓘ
village temple festivals ⓘ
culturalRegion Amdo ⓘ
linked to: Qinghai
ethnolinguisticRelation Bonan people ⓘ
Dongxiang people ⓘ
linked to: Dongxiang

Mongols ⓘ
linked to: Mongol
languageFamily Mongolic languages ⓘ
mainProvince Gansu ⓘ
linked to: Gansu Province

Qinghai ⓘ
populationRegion Huzhu Tu Autonomous County ⓘ
Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County ⓘ
primaryLanguage Tu language ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
region northwestern China ⓘ
linked to: Northwest China
religion Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Islam (minority) ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
religiousInstitution Tibetan Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
religiousSchool Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
traditionalClothing colorful waistbands ⓘ
embroidered headwear ⓘ
long robes ⓘ
traditionalDance circle dances ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
traditionalFestivals Nadun festival ⓘ
New Year celebrations ⓘ
traditionalHousing adobe houses ⓘ
courtyard houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic folk songs ⓘ
ritual music ⓘ
traditionalReligionInfluence Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
Tibetan culture ⓘ
usesScript Chinese characters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Qinghai → ethnicComposition → Tu ⓘ
subject linked to: QH
Tū → hasNameVariant → Tu ⓘ