【Title】 Ethnological Significance on Heroic Epic ‘Zhige Along’of Yi
【author】 PUCHI Da-ling1a; YANG Cui-ying1b(1a.Institute of Ethnology and Anthropolgy Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Beijing 100081 Chi-na; 1b.Library of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Beijing 100732; China);
【key word】 Yi Ethnic Group; Heroic Epic; Zhige Along; Ethnology;
【key word】 Zhige A’long is a heroic epic of the Yi ethnic group,it narrates ancestor’s grand activities of the Yi people in obscuration era.The epic represents cultural phenomena of the Yi people,there are not only massive values in literature and art,but it has significance in study of ethnology and cul-ture as well.The heroic epic Zhige Along has prominence in study of the history of other ethnic groups in South-western part of China.In this paper we explore Yi culture symbols in ethnology in terms of the heroic epi...