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Ethnic Minorities in China __ A brief overview with a photo. - From chinatown-online.co.uk - http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/culture/ethnic/qiang.html
Introduction to the Qiang Language __ "Until recently there was no writing system for the language. The Qiang carved marks on wood to remember events or communicate. In the late 1980s a team of Qiang specialists from several different organizations developed a .i.writing system; for the Qiang language, based on the Qugu variety of the Yadu subdialect of the Northern dialect. In 1993 the government officially acknowledged the writing system." Plus a whole lot more. - From victoria.linguistlist.org - http://victoria.linguistlist.org/~lapolla/qiang/lgintro.html
Qiang Minority - Chinese Nationalities __ A brief overview including one photo. - from paulnoll.com - http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Minorities/min-Qiang.html
Qiang Nationality Language & Culture Web Site __ A good all purpose website
about the Qiang though much of it is dealing with language. "There are also
buttons on the main page for accessing information about Qiang language culture,
and for directly accessing the lexical information, the photos and videos, and
links to other sites on Tibeto-Burman languages and linguistics." - From
victoria.linguistlist.org -
http://victoria.linguistlist.org/~lapolla/qiang/qiangmain.html
Qiang People and Culture __ "The Qiang area is home to the Giant Panda and the fabled Yeti, or "Big Foot." These people are excellent masons and skilled architects who build castles, suspension bridges, dams and sinking wells. Their homes are block made from different size stones and built like fortresses." This and much more. - text only - From 4panda.com - http://www.4panda.com/sichuan/qiang/general.htm
The Taoping Stronghold __ "About 170 kilometers west of Sichuan provincial capital Chengdu stands Taoping Village, home to the nomadic Qiang ethnic minority. Built in 111 B.C., this ancient village has weathered 2,000 years of battles and besiegement." Historic and cultural information about this special place. - illustrated - From China Today - http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/e2004/e200406/p40.htm
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