Mongolian camel raising custom

Name of Chinese national intangible cultural heritage: Mongolian camel raising custom

Declaration area or unit: Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Item No.: 999

Project No.: Ⅹ - 92

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Declaration area or unit: Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Protection unit: Mass Art Museum of Alxa League, Inner Mongolia

Brief introduction of Mongolian camel raising custom:

Declaration area or unit: Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Alxa League of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is known as "camel village". The unique geographical environment here provides good conditions for the survival and large-scale grazing of Bactrian camel.

In the long-term practice of animal husbandry production, camel has gradually become an important means of production and living for Mongolian herdsmen in Alxa, Heshuote and turhute. On this premise, Alxa's camel making technology is becoming more and more sophisticated, and the variety of products is becoming more and more diverse, forming a set of systematic making skills.

Camel sacrifice is a kind of folk activity spread in Alashan, which consists of sacrificing male camel, sacrificing female camel, sacrificing camel group and so on. The ceremony is very complete.

Alxa Mongolian camel raising custom integrates religious belief, humanistic thought and production skills, which is permeated with the simple national spirit and unique folk culture of Alxa Mongolian. The growing maturity of camel making technology has had a profound impact on the economic and social development of Alxa region. The humanized content displayed in camel sacrificing activities breeds the Mongolian spirit of loyalty, kindness and perseverance. A large number of oral cultures, such as "hero camel", "camel praise", "congratulatory speech", "Milk Song" and so on, produced in the activities imply gentleness and kindness, gratitude and gratitude The simple philosophy of abandoning evil and promoting good has become the life concept and cultural carrier of Mongolian. At present, the custom of raising camel in Alxa area is declining day by day, so it is urgent to strengthen the protection measures.