Human-nature relationships in the Tungus societies of Siberia and Northeast China

Abstract

Though the Tungus are dispersed all over Siberia and Northeast China and practice various economic activities, such as hunting, reindeer herding, horse breeding, fishing, and dog breeding, they can be regarded as a coherent cultural and linguistic group; more surprisingly, in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), they are also occupied with agriculture and Mongol pastoralism. Thus, the Tungus, living as they do across the borders of different provinces and states, allow us to conduct comparat...