Tu

E424410
ethnic group ethnic minority in China

The Tu are a Mongolic-speaking ethnic minority in northwestern China, known for their Tibetan Buddhist traditions and distinctive agrarian culture in Qinghai and Gansu provinces.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tu canonical 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic minority in China ⓘ
agriculturalProducts barley ⓘ
potatoes ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Huzhu Monguor ⓘ
surface form: Mongghul

Monguor ⓘ
autonomousCountyInhabited Huzhu Tu Autonomous County ⓘ
Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County ⓘ
bilingualIn Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Tibetan (some communities) ⓘ
Tu language ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
shamanistic rituals ⓘ
village temple festivals ⓘ
culturalRegion Qinghai ⓘ
surface form: Amdo
ethnolinguisticRelation Bonan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dongxiang ⓘ
surface form: Dongxiang people

Mongol ⓘ
surface form: Mongols
languageFamily Mongolic languages ⓘ
mainProvince Gansu Province ⓘ
surface form: Gansu

Qinghai ⓘ
populationRegion Huzhu Tu Autonomous County ⓘ
Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County ⓘ
primaryLanguage Tu language ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
region Northwest China ⓘ
surface form: northwestern China
religion Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Islam (minority) ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
religiousInstitution Tibetan Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
religiousSchool Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
traditionalClothing colorful waistbands ⓘ
embroidered headwear ⓘ
long robes ⓘ
traditionalDance circle dances ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
traditionalFestivals Nadun festival ⓘ
New Year celebrations ⓘ
traditionalHousing adobe houses ⓘ
courtyard houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic folk songs ⓘ
ritual music ⓘ
traditionalReligionInfluence Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
Tibetan culture ⓘ
usesScript Chinese characters ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qinghai → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Tu ⓘ
Gansu Province → ethnicGroup → Tu ⓘ
QH → ethnicComposition → Tu ⓘ
subject surface form: Qinghai
Tū → hasNameVariant → Tu ⓘ