China's last reindeer tribe

China Daily | Updated: 2021-02-27 10:52
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Liuxia, the hunter, feeds salt to the reindeers in the hinterland of the Greater Khingan Mountains. Salt is necessary for reindeers to supplement sodium to maintain their blood pressure. [Photo by WANG WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY]

However, the modern society has been penetrated in all sides of the social life, which deeply impacts the progress of the Reindeer Ewenki people with their unique culture, and they are facing relentless challenges. The last old chief of the Ewenki tribe, Maria Suo once said,"As long as there are tribal elders and reindeers in the forests of the Greater Khingan Mountains, there will be ancient reindeer civilization." Today, the younger generation of the Reindeer Ewenki people have chosen modern lifestyle down the mountain, and they have gradually forgotten their ethnic language and traditional culture. The reindeer culture, hunting culture, birch bark culture and shaman culture handed down for thousands of years are gradually disappearing.

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