Hunting Culture of the Oroqen Nationality

Inner Mongolia
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The hunting culture of the Oroqen people is that the Oroqen people have been engaged in hunting production for generations. This is the most important production activity of the Oroqen people and the main source of their living materials. The Oroqen people are familiar with the habits of various wild animals and can take different hunting methods according to their characteristics and activity patterns. Their hunting tools are mainly guns, horses, dogs, bows and arrows, spears, etc. The hunting life of the Oroqen people is not wandering endlessly in the vast forest, but has a fixed range and certain rules. They generally take the clan as the center and move within the basin of one or several rivers. The residence in winter is relatively fixed, and they migrate in spring, summer and autumn according to the different habitats of the main hunting objects. Hunting culture is an important feature of the Oroqen people. Their religious beliefs, food, clothing, housing, transportation, customs and culture all reflect the characteristics of hunting peoples. For example, the clothing of the Oroqen people is relatively simple, although it is restricted by the environment and natural conditions. However, the Oroqen people have created a unique and perfect roe deer skin culture through hard work and wisdom. They wear roe deer skin hats, roe deer skin clothes and roe deer leg leather boots. These leather clothes are practical and beautiful, with strong ethnic characteristics. The traditional food of the Oroqen people is mainly wild animal meat and fish. The most consumed meat is roe deer meat, followed by deer, oxen, bear and wild boar meat. The traditional house of the Oroqen people is "Xianrenzhu", that is, chuuluozi. The means of transportation include skis, sleds, horses, birch bark boats, large wheeled carts, etc.

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