Oroqen

E491945

The Oroqen are a small Tungusic-speaking indigenous people of northeastern China, traditionally known as hunters and reindeer herders living in the forests of the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
administrativeCenterRegion Oroqen Autonomous Banner NERFINISHED
autonomousRegionOfResidence Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
climateZone cold temperate forest zone
country China
culturalPractice epic storytelling
oral tradition
shamanic rituals
culturalPreservationIssue decline in use of Oroqen language
loss of traditional hunting culture
diet fish
forest products
game meat
economicChange transitioned from hunting to settled agriculture and wage labor
ethnicGroupOf China NERFINISHED
ethnonymLanguage Tungusic
governmentPolicyImpact subject to hunting bans in the PRC
governmentRecognition officially recognized since mid-20th century by PRC authorities
historicalLifestyle nomadic or semi-nomadic forest life
huntingMethods bows and arrows
firearms
traps
languageFamily Tungusic languages NERFINISHED
languageShift many Oroqen now speak Mandarin Chinese
languageStatus endangered language community
minorityStatus ethnic minority in China
populationStatus small population
provinceOfResidence Heilongjiang NERFINISHED
recognizedAs one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People’s Republic of China
region Northeastern China NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroups Evenki NERFINISHED
Hezhen NERFINISHED
other Tungusic peoples
religion animism
shamanism
scriptUsage primarily use Chinese writing system in modern times
subsistenceType hunter-gatherer and herding economy
traditionalClothingMaterial animal hides and furs
traditionalDwelling conical tent
traditionalHabitat Greater Khingan Mountains NERFINISHED
Lesser Khingan Mountains NERFINISHED
boreal forest
traditionalLanguage Oroqen language NERFINISHED
traditionalOccupation hunting
reindeer herding
traditionalTransportAnimal reindeer

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Xibe relatedEthnicity Oroqen
Hulunbuir ethnicGroup Oroqen
Karafuto Prefecture ethnicGroupPresent Oroqen
this entity surface form: Orok