stjorthotic Chapter 89 Inheritance
Chapter 89 Inheritance
"Uncle Su Dao, it's very simple. I just mentioned it to Bai Long; we can ask the Forestry Bureau to find her a few shamanic teachers!"
Chen Tuo didn't want to get involved in the hunters' affairs.
His advice to Su Daoti was nothing more than mutual help between friends.
Without Su Dao, he couldn't get a gun.
Furthermore, the fishing and hunting culture of the three Soren tribes and other hunter-gatherers will also shine brightly in the future.
However, when it came time to use them, the traditions of most ethnic groups were fragmented...
"Chen Zhiqing, our shamans are similar to the Daur, Oroqen, and Hezhe, but completely different from the kind of shamans who perform rituals."
Although the Solon Tribe and the Xinganling hunters were the guarantee of the Manchu Eight Banners' fighting strength after the Qing Dynasty, their relationship could not be described as close.
Without the Qing government's blockade and suppression, these hunters might have long since escaped their primitive lifestyle...
The Sauron trilogy was written on the black soil, where too much blood was shed.
Su Dao, who understands the traditions of his community, does not endorse the shamanism practiced outside the mountains.
Other hunters are not familiar with their own tribe's shamans, so how could they possibly accept shamanism from outsiders?
Su Dao didn't want to learn shamanism from outsiders, so Chen Tuo could only shake his head helplessly.
Compared to shamanism, the three shamanic traditions of the Solon sect, which only have language and no written language, can only be considered branches and leaves.
Without a main lineage or organizational structure, their shamanic culture can be said to have already died out, let alone in the future.
Thinking about his creative direction and his ambition to bring it to fruition, Chen Tuo, who hadn't originally intended to delve into the topic, asked:
"Uncle Su Dao, if you don't learn from the shamans outside, will your shamanism still exist? Will it be able to be passed down?"
"Only by learning shamanic culture from outside can you continue your shamanic culture. It's not that it can't be passed down by word of mouth, but it's very easy for it to be lost."
When it comes to cultural heritage, Chen Tuo certainly has more authority to speak than Su Dao, simply because he has seen too many lost traditional cultures.
Are Evenki people who speak Northeastern Mandarin and use Chinese characters still Evenki?
The answer is yes, as long as there is history and cultural transmission, that is it!
Su Dao and Chen Tuo had the same idea. They thought that the Hezhe people's Imakan could be learned from, compared to their own shamans.
"Chen Zhiqing, there aren't many shamans outside who can read Manchu and Mongolian. We want to learn the Hezhe Imakan."
"Uncle Su Dao, while learning Imakan is good, the lack of written records means that the potential problems with its transmission remain unresolved."
Su Dao looked disappointed, and Chen Tuo then said:
"Uncle Su Dao, whether it's Manchu or Mongolian script or Chinese characters, the most important thing for you is recording and passing it down."
"With records, there's no shortage of tradition. Future generations can gradually fill in the missing parts. Without anything, how can anything be passed down?"
Although he had a method for passing on the knowledge in mind, Chen Tuo did not elaborate on it.
This is not a simple task, nor can it be accomplished by just two or three people.
Moreover, he needs to collect materials and participate in the process.
If he cannot play a leading role, no matter how good his method of passing on knowledge is, it's meaningless if people don't use him.
"Bai Long, go ask Najiwu'ao if Chen Zhiqing's method will work?"
Recording his own ethnic customs was merely a hobby for Su Dao, not his main profession.
His main occupation was similar to Bai Long and the others: hunting, herding, and, of course, traveling across the river to do business.
The only ones who can truly determine the inheritance of a tribe are the shamans of each settlement and hunting ground.
"White Dragon, when you ask, you might also ask how to pass on your fishing and hunting culture..."
Bai Long stood up, and Chen Tuo added that, apart from shamans, what the mountain hunters should uphold most is their fishing and hunting culture.
Only by combining shamanism with hunting and fishing can they ensure their survival and continuation in the future; otherwise, they will truly be assimilated.
"Fishing and hunting? We've never given up!"
When Chen Tuo brought up the topic of passing down fishing and hunting traditions, Su Dao patted the hunting knife at his waist and asked in confusion.
When it comes to hunting skills in the mountains, the Sauron Trilogy is second to none!
Seeing that Su Dao had raised his voice, Bai Long, who had already stood up, sat down next to Chen Tuo again, wanting to hear what he had to say.
Su Dao patted the hunting knife at his waist, while Chen Tuo began to draw hunting knives and daggers from his waist.
"This is a Yakut knife, this is a Ka-Bar hunting knife, this is an American M1 military knife, this is a bayonet, this is an 18-piece cudgel, do you have an Evenki hunting knife?"
Seeing that Su Dao was about to take a hunting knife from someone else, Chen Tuo pointed to the Yakut knife that Su Dao had drawn first and said:
"Not the Evenki hunting knife you think it is, but the Evenki hunting knife that others recognize as such—a hunting knife that everyone can tell at a glance is an Evenki hunting knife!"
The Evenki people not only have hunting knives, but also a wide variety of types and styles.
However, Chen Tuo wasn't referring to the Evenki hunting knife, but rather a hunting knife like the Yakut or Khalkha knights, a kind of calling card.
Su Dao and Bai Long clearly did not understand Chen Tuo's meaning and were still urging the other hunters to take out their hunting knives.
"Uncle Su Dao, that's not what I meant, I meant this!"
Chen Tuo pulled the dagger he had exchanged with Su Dao from his boot and plunged it into the ground.
"This is a shovel, a combat knife used for chopping wood and cutting human heads, not a hunting knife!"
The function of Shun Dao is exactly the same as that of the Eighteen Chops in Chen Tuo's hands, except that it is nearly three hundred years earlier than the Eighteen Chops.
The Shun Dao is not only a tool knife; it can also be used as a combat knife in close combat.
"Uncle Su Dao, Bai Long, this could be an Evenki hunting knife. If it is an Evenki hunting knife, how many people would know about it?"
In Chen Tuo's eyes, the so-called fishing and hunting tradition is nothing more than the survival skills of the ancestors who sought to live in the mountains.
If skills are passed down, then the meaning of passing on fishing and hunting culture is lost.
Only with real symbols can these survival skills be represented, which in turn can a fishing and hunting culture be developed.
"Uncle Su Dao, besides the sword, there are also bows and arrows, tiger-shaped spears, boots, and clothing. These are what give rise to the fishing and hunting culture, and how it has been passed down!"
Chen Tuo was not talking about confusing the inheritance, but rather the helplessness of inheriting for the sake of inheritance.
Without authentic symbols, it would be difficult to preserve the heritage of the Evenki, Oroqen, Daur, Hezhe, and Xibe peoples.
If they wanted to pass on their traditions, they could only rely on the shamanism of the Qing Dynasty as their main lineage.
After all, it was a tradition that had been improved through the Sinicization system, and only by relying on a more systematic shamanism could the tradition of the three Saurons continue.
Based solely on the oral accounts of the old shamans in the settlement, it is almost impossible for the hunters to revive their cultural heritage.
"Chen, I understand what you mean, but we already have the knife, the spear, the boots, and the clothes you mentioned!"
If Su Dao were just an ordinary hunter, he wouldn't understand Chen Tuo's method of inheritance at all.
But he was not an ordinary hunter. When the literacy class was held, the teacher who taught him to read asked him to collect Evenki folk customs.
His journey as a traveling merchant across the great river allowed him to witness the heritage of the Yakut and Buryat peoples.
The establishment of the Ejin Banner and the integration of Manchu and Mongolian customs gave him a general understanding of what shamans were like outside.
Su Dao pointed out that they had what Chen Tuo mentioned, just like the hunting knife on their person, which they could take out.
But Chen Tuo still pointed to the one stuck in the ground and said:
"Compared to the tools and clothing of the Manchus and Mongols, they are not refined enough..."