Report on the Exploration of Luoyi in Liangshan (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Ma Changtao
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book is based on the author's eight-month field investigation in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. In the autumn of 1936, Mr. Ma Changtao joined the National Central Museum as an assistant researcher. Before 1949, Mr. Ma Changtao primarily engaged in ethnological research, conducting fieldwork in the Yi, Jiarong Tibetan, and Qiang ethnic areas in Southwest China. He obtained a wealth of firsthand field research data, collected numerous valuable ethnic documents and artifacts, and published a series of outstanding papers, including: "Classification of Southwest Chinese Ethnic Groups," "The Origin and Revival of the Ancient Chinese Sixty-Year Cycle," "The Ancient Liao Ethnic Group in Sichuan," "Historical Research on Ancient Ethnic History in Sichuan," "The Historical Origins of the Pottery Religion," "Social History of the Jiarong Ethnic Group," "Classification, Physical Types, and Social Organizations of the Kang-Tibetan Ethnic Groups," and "Genealogies of the Liangshan Luo Yi." These papers all apply the theories and methods of ethnology, combining the results of ethnological field research and documentary studies, and hold significant academic value.