Reindeer Culture in the Last Quarter of the Moon

Ying Jiang

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Reindeer Culture in the Last Quarter of the Moon

Ying Jiang

Published in International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 8, Issue 1)

Received: 10 February 2020 Accepted: 21 February 2020 Published: 28 February 2020

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The Last Quarter of the Moon is the first novel in China to describe the living conditions of the Ewenki people over a century. As an ancient nomadic hunting nationality, the Ewenkis lived a reindeer-leading life and gradually formed the original ethnic minority culture in the deep mountains and dense forests of the Greater Xing’an Mountains. Reindeer culture is a typical representative of it, which not only reflects the daily production and life of the Ewenki people, forms a unique spiritual culture, but also condenses the sincere emotion of the Ewenki in harmony with nature. This text sorts out contents reflecting the reindeer culture in the work through textual reading. It is divided into daily life, including clothing, food, shelter, and transportation; spiritual life, including religious beliefs and art; and the theme of the work embodied by the reindeer. Finally, this article reveals the cultural connotation of reindeer culture for the Ewenki people, and the novel’s deep thinking on the integration of primitive ecological civilization and modern civilization.

Published in	International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 8, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijla.20200801.15
Page(s)	30-32
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The Last Quarter of the Moon, Reindeer, Culture

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English Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, China

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