Sino-Platonic Papers, 59 (December 1994)

China's Monguor Minority: Ethnography and Folktales

by Kevin Stuart and Limusishiden

• Preface

Social and Historical Investigation of the Qinghai Monguor by the Qinghai Province Compiling Group; Translated by Gu Maolin and Li Xuewei

• To Our Readers

1. Political Development
2. Economic Background
3. Language
4. Folk Beliefs
5. Youning Temple [Erh-ku-lung; Dgon-lung; dGon Lung]
6. Monguor Customs and Habits
7. Marriage and the Clan System
8. Art and Literature
9. Social and Historical Investigation of the Monguor Living in the Hongazigou Area of Huzhu Monguor Autonomous County
10. Social and Historical Investigation of the Monguor Living in the Donggoudazhuang Area of Huzhu County

Monguor Studies

1. Monguor Origins Based on Customs and Oral Literature by Ma Guangxing; Translated by Hu Jun
2. Formation of the Living World by Ma Guangxing; Translated by Bao Hua and Hu Jun
3. Monguor Epics by Li Youlou; Translated by Tie Yaoyong and Li Xuewei
4. Monguor Omens by Xi Yuanlin; Translated and summarized by Limusishiden <46A>
5. A Monguor Love Story Similar to "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" by Xi Yuanlin; Translated by Song Lili and Li Xuewei
6. Monguor Proverbs by Xi Yuanlin; Translated by Fan Qiqing and Hu Jun
7. The Chilie Mountain Monguor Marriage by Qian Zhongli; Translated by Wang Fajin and Li Xuewei
8. Monguor Folk Festivals and Gatherings by Diao Wenqing and Cai Kiting; Translated by Li Huili and Li Xuewei
9. The Seventh Moon Meeting of the Guanting Monguor by Ma Guangxing; Translated by Li Xuewei
10. The Monguor Masked Dance by Ma Guangxing; Translated by Shao Jiahui and Li Xuewei
11. The Qiang Origins of Monguor Funerals by Qu Qingshan; Translated by Li Xuewei

Folktales

• Huzhu Folktales
  • Black Horse Zhang
  • A Peacock
  • Sister Zhuoma
  • Three Orphan Sisters
  • Bawo Morite
  • Huairighasuu Outsmarts the lame Lama
  • The Blind Doctor
  • Three Brothers Learn Through Worldly Experiences
  • Shalan Gu and Dala
  • Shilange
  • The Mangus
  • An Old Woman Cries for Help
  • A Toad Bestows a Treasure
  • Dindirimaxiu
  • Insatiably Greedy Younger Brother
  • Avaricious Elder Brother
  • The Old Spotted Bull and Elder Brother
  • The Sweets Salesman, the Rabbit, and the Wolf
  • The Rabbit Shares the Booty
  • The Ox, Yak, and Tiger
  • A Frog and a Tiger
  • The Frog Which Liked to Boast
  • The Fox and the Frog
  • The Turtledove that Wished to Eat the Sun
  • The Greedy Bird King
  • Mr. Magpie
• Minhe Folktales
  • The Origin of Rain
  • The Light-Giving Tree
  • the Origin of Mengda lake (I & II)
  • The Black City of Guanting
  • How Guanting Got Its Name (I & II)
  • Phoenix Mountain Legend
  • Origin of the Nadun
  • The Second of the Second Month
  • The Eighteenth of the Eighth Month
  • Origin of the torch Leaping Festival
  • The Sending Treasure God Dance
  • Slashing the Dragon King
  • Origin of Wheat Liquor (Mingliuzi)
  • Daola (Wedding Songs)
  • Mongol and Monguor Songs
  • Kidnapped
  • The First Persuasion
  • Dandou Temple
  • The Hu-Li Family Village Temple
  • Gadang Wuxi Naier
  • Moving the Hu Ancestral Graveyard
  • Douyuanshan Saves His Father
  • Erlang Lord
  • Erlang's Wife
  • Heaven's Justice
  • The Son Who Learned to be Filial
  • The Two Daughters-in-Iaw
  • The Filial Daughter-in-Iaw
  • The Little Wooden Doll
  • Myna Bird
  • The Green and White Eagles
  • The Death of the Wife and the Return of the Mother
  • Back Basket
  • Father's Pillow
  • Beggar Father
  • Tieguaili the Immortal
  • Landlord Wang and His Three Wives
  • Fifty Pieces of Silver
  • What Father Was That?
  • The Powerful Living Buddha
  • The Ghost Donkey
  • The Chicken Threshers
  • The Ghosts' Revenge
  • Yak Man
  • Strong Man
  • Lute's Miracles
  • An Evil Whirlwind
  • The Stick of Revenge
  • The Serpent's Cure
  • Youngest Brother Returns Favors
  • Greedy Elder Brother
  • Three Pieces of Sincere Advice
  • To Curse One's Self
  • A Lama and an Old Lady
  • The Broken Jar
  • The Trickster
  • The Ghost
  • The Wolf, Rabbit, and Crow
  • Story of the Wolf and Fox
  • The Frog, Crow, and Magpie
  • Missing the Chance
  • Liu Wu Marries Red Flower
  • Little Green Stone
  • Birdman
  • The Lord Pays the Farmer After All
  • The Frog Child
  • The Frog Demands a Wife
  • How Red Cliff Mountain Lost Its Forest

• References
• Index
• Tables
  • Table 8.1 Monguor Traditional Folk Festivals and Gatherings
  • Table 9.1 Nadun Schedule